wasting

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse
• Syn:
atrophy, wasting away
• Derivationally related forms:
atrophy (for: atrophy)
• Hypernyms:
symptom
• Hyponyms:
amyotrophia, amyotrophy, tabes, kraurosis
2. any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease
• Syn:
cachexia, cachexy
• Derivationally related forms:
waste, cachectic (for: cachexy), cachectic (for: cachexia)
• Hypernyms:
infirmity, frailty, debility, feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  atrophy, wasting away, cachexia, cachexy