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Consumption

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing

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the act of consuming something

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the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

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involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

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economic consumptionexpenditureingestionintakephthisispulmonary tuberculosisuptakeusanceuseuse of goods and servicesusing upwasting diseasewhite plague
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