Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wasting disease

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: wast-ing dis-ease
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any medical condition that causes pronounced loss of body mass.

Example Sentences

"He suffered from a horrible wasting disease and lost 100 pounds in only two weeks."

Inflected Forms

wasting diseases (plural)

Phrases

chronic wasting disease

Frequently Paired Words

chronic wasting disease sarcopenia cachexia

Synonyms

pulmonary tuberculosis consumption phthisis white plague

Questions

What does wasting disease mean?: Any medical condition that causes pronounced loss of body mass.

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