In medicine, wasting, also known as wasting syndrome, refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to "waste" away.

a disease that causes a person to gradually become very thin and weak. She suffers from a little-known muscle-wasting disease.

2. : undergoing or causing decay or loss of strength. wasting diseases such as tuberculosis.

Child wasting refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height and is the result of recent rapid weight loss or the failure to gain weight.

A weakening, shrinking, and loss of muscle caused by disease or lack of use. Muscle wasting decreases strength and the ability to move.

Wasting is the most immediate, visible and life-threatening form of malnutrition. It results from the failure to prevent malnutrition among the most vulnerable ...

Cachexia is a condition which denotes the excessive loss of weight. It occurs because of the depletion of adipose tissue and muscle mass in people who are ...

wasting · noun. any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease. synonyms: cachexia, cachexy. see ...

15 апр. 2024 г. · Cachexia (wasting syndrome) is a condition that causes significant weight loss and muscle loss. It often affects people with severe chronic diseases like ...