WASTING AWAY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse

Synonyms:

atrophy; wasting; wasting away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("wasting away" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wasting away"):

amyotrophia; amyotrophy (progressive wasting of muscle tissues)

tabes (wasting of the body during a chronic disease)

kraurosis (atrophy and shriveling of the skin or mucous membrane)