wasting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪstɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪstɪŋ

Verb

wasting

1. present participle and gerund of waste

Adjective

wasting (not comparable)

1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass.

Derived terms

• wasting disease

Translations

Translations

Bulgarian: опустошителен (bg) (opustošitelen) Maori: korokiwa (refers to disease), haurakiraki (refers to disease)

Noun

wasting (countable and uncountable, plural wastings)

1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away.

   Hyponyms: sarcopenia, cachexia (specific to chronic diseases)

   muscular wastings

2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

Derived terms

• candle-wasting
• cerebral salt-wasting syndrome
• chronic wasting disease
• mass wasting
• seastar wasting disease
• sea-star wasting disease
• sea star wasting disease
• starfish wasting disease
• wasting investment
• wasting palsy
• wasting sickness

Translations

deterioration of the body due to the effects of disease

Maori: horokiwa, kaiuaua (of the muscles), haurakiraki

Anagrams

• tawings, tawsing