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consumption

Definitions

noun

  1. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  2. (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
  3. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
  4. the act of consuming something

Examples

Some figures of gas consumption from India: Boiling 1 l of water: 40 l; boiling 5 l of water 165 l; cooking 500 grice: 140 l; cooking 1000 g rice: 175 l; cooking 350 9 pulses: 270

Although marijuana is technically illegal, personal consumption is arguably decriminalized due to the ‘ban on excessive punishment’ written into German law.

But proposed regulations may force people to take stock of their daily energy consumption and could make us think twice about our festive decor.

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tuberculosis

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noun

  1. infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

Examples

Gastric lavage for isolation of M tuberculosis is a well accepted method.

Acid-fast staining should be done if tuberculosis is clinically suspected.

In this course will be considered diphtheria, small-pox, the insect carriers of disease, typhoid fever, tuberculosis, and uncinariasis.

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