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wasting diseases

wasting diseases is the plural of wasting disease.

Meaning of wasting disease

Noun

wasting disease (plural wasting diseases)

  1. Any medical condition that causes pronounced loss of body mass.
    • He suffered from a horrible wasting disease and lost 100 pounds in only two weeks.

Questions about wasting diseases

What is wasting diseases the plural of?
Wasting diseases is the plural of wasting disease.

Words near wasting diseases in the dictionary

  1. wastin'
  2. wasting
  3. wasting away
  4. wasting breath
  5. wasting disease
  6. wasting diseases
  7. wasting investment
  8. wasting investments
  9. wasting palsies
  10. wasting palsy
  11. wasting sickness

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