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wasting disease
 

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Noun wasting disease has 1 sense
  1. pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
    --1 is a kind of tuberculosis, TB, T.B.

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Wasting Disease

Noun: A medical condition characterized by a progressive decline in physical and mental health, leading to severe weight loss and muscle wasting.

Example Sentence: The patient was diagnosed with wasting disease, and his frail appearance indicated the advanced stage of the illness.

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