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wasting away
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wasting away has 1 sense
- wasting away(n = noun.state) atrophy, wasting - a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse; Array has particulars: amyotrophia, amyotrophy, tabes, kraurosis
is a kind of symptom
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