wasting+away

  • 21atrophy — Wasting away of tissue …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 22galvanic action — Wasting away of two unlike metals due to electrical current passing between them. The action is increased in the presence of moisture …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 23waste — I. noun Etymology: Middle English waste, wast; in sense 1, from Anglo French wast, from wast, gast, guast, adjective, desolate, waste, from Latin vastus; in other senses, from Middle English wasten to waste more at vast Date: 13th century 1. a. a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24Phthisis — A good trivia or crossword item. A Greek word meaning a dwindling or wasting away. Pronounced thi sis. The tongue twisting name nephronophthisis is derived from nephron + phthisis. The nephron is the fundamental functional unit in the kidney and… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 25consumption — 1. The using up of something, especially the rate at which it is used. 2. Obsolete term for a wasting of the tissues of the body, usually tuberculous. [L. con sumo, pp. sumptus, to take up wholly, use up, waste] oxygen c. (VO2) 1. (Qo or Qo2),… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26tabes — Progressive wasting or emaciation. [L. a wasting away] t. infantum t. in infants with congenital syphilis. t. mesenterica tuberculosis of the mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymph node s. * * * ta·bes …

    Medical dictionary

  • 27tabescent — Characteristic of tabes. [L. tabesco, to waste away, fr. tabes, a wasting away] * * * ta·bes·cent (tə besґənt) [L. tabescere to waste away] wasting away; see wasting …

    Medical dictionary

  • 28decrease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Diminution Nouns 1. (decrease in amount) decrease, diminution; lessening, subtraction (see deduction); reduction, abatement; shrinking, contraction, extenuation; cut back, discount. See shortness. 2.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29Point Blank (Nailbomb album) — Infobox Album | Name = Point Blank Type = studio Artist = Nailbomb Released = March 8 1994 Recorded = 1993 Genre = Thrash metal Industrial metal Length = 62:38 Label = Roadrunner Records Producer = Alex Newport, Max Cavalera Reviews = *Allmusic… …

    Wikipedia

  • 30How The Mighty Fall — Album par Mark Owen Sortie 18 avril 2005 Enregistrement En plusieurs fois Durée 39:39 (version britannique) 56:02 (version européenne) Genre(s) …

    Wikipédia en Français