consumption Copy link Outline I. Act of consuming, etc.1. consumptio (a using up)2. confectio (wasting, destroying)II. A disease1. căchexia, atrŏphia2. phthisis pulmonaria (pulmonary c.)3. tābes (general term denoting all wasting of the body) • consumption: I. Act of consuming, etc.: prob. only in senses of the verbs, to use up, to waste away (see to consume): 1. consumptio (a using up): Cic. 2. confectio (wasting, destroying): c. of health and strength (by licentiousness), c. valetudinis, Cic. Phr.: after the c. of all the provisions, omni re frumentaria consumpta, etc.: v. to consume. II. A disease: 1. căchexia, atrŏphia: Coel. 2. phthisis pulmonaria (pulmonary c.): Cels.: Plin. 3. tābes (general term denoting all wasting of the body): v. wasting.