English Online Dictionary. What means consumption? What does consumption mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English consumpcioun, from Old French consumpcion, from Latin cōnsūmptiō, from cōnsūmō + -tiō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”). Equivalent to consume + -tion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -ʌmpʃən
Noun
consumption (usually uncountable, plural consumptions)
- The act of eating, drinking or using.
- The amount consumed.
- The act of consuming or destroying.
- (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
- (pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis and other diseases that cause wasting away, lung infection, etc.
- (euphemistic, dated) Alcoholism as it precipitates a person's death (especially of natural causes).
Derived terms
Related terms
- consumer