Definition of "wasting disease" []

• Generic description of a medical condition that causes pronounced loss of body mass. (noun)

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• "Pasty as he was, his skin had a bit of pigment to it, and some awful wasting disease had eaten away his nose and eyelids."
• "Later you can get Searles Cosgrove to confirm it: Leonard has a wasting disease that has affected his ability to digest food."
• "Abroad, death continued to cut down the Valois: Charles IX died of a wasting disease some said of anguished remorse for the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre and was succeeded by Henri III."