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wasting disease
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  wasting disease - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the bodyphthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, white plague, consumptionT.B., tuberculosis, TB - infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) |
EncyclopediaSeetuberculosiswasting disease
wasting [wāst´ing] 1. the gradual deterioration of an individual, usually with loss of strength and muscle mass; it may be accompanied by loss of appetite, which makes it worse.2. excessive depletion.wasting disease any disease marked especially by progressive emaciation and weakness.salt wasting inappropriate sodium excretion in the urine (natriuresis) with hyponatremia and hyperkalemia; see also salt-losing crisis (syndrome).runt dis·easea graft versus host reaction in mice first observed following intravenous injection of allogeneic spleen cells into newborn animals. Synonym(s): wasting disease(1) Kwashiorkor
(2) Runt disease
(3) Wasting syndromewasting disease 1. Kwashiorkor, see there.2. Wasting syndrome, see there.wasting disease
Related to wasting disease: Wasting syndromeSynonyms for wasting diseasenoun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the bodySynonyms- phthisis
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- white plague
- consumption
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