wasting diseasenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈweɪ.stɪŋ dɪˌziːz/us/ˈweɪ.stɪŋ dɪˌziːz/a disease that causes a person to gradually become very thin and weak:
She suffers from a little-known muscle-wasting disease.
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Disease & illness - general words
- abnormality
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- bout
- CFS
- CGD
- complaint
- dose
- dreaded lurgy
- endemic
- industrial disease
- lay
- life-threatening
- lurgy
- morbidity
- pandemic
- pinkeye
- strangulated
- syndrome
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