Wasting
111Marasmus — Wasting away, as occurs with children who have kwashiorkor. Also called cachexia, is usually a result of protein and calorie deficiency. * * * Cachexia, especially in young children, primarily due to prolonged dietary deficiency of protein and… …
112atrophy — Wasting away of tissue …
113marasmus — Wasting of the body due to a deficiency in energy giving food, as opposed to protein deficiency (kwashiokor) …
114wastingasset — wasting asset n. A fixed asset, such as a mine or an oil well, that diminishes in value over time. * * * …
115poliodystrophy — Wasting of the gray matter of the nervous system. SYN: poliodystrophia. [polio + G. dys , bad, + trophe, nourishment] progressive cerebral p. SYN: poliodystrophia cerebri progressiva infantilis. * * * po·lio·dys·tro·phy .pō …
116wear — Wasting or deterioration caused by friction. occlusal w. attritional loss of substance on opposing occlusal units or surfaces. SEE ALSO: abrasion (3) …
117WPS — wasting pig syndrome …
118arthritic atrophy — wasting of the muscles and bone that surround a joint, due to injury or to constitutional disease …
119pigmentary atrophy — wasting marked by the deposit of pigment in the atrophied cells, as in brown atrophy …
120Frigging in the rigging — wasting time …