Clues for the word "CONSUMPTION"

We've had 4 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 3 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Guardian Quick crossword on July 25, 2016.

Definition of consumption

n. - The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
n. - The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.
n. - A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.