wasting sickness

noun

wasting disease

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Meanings

nounwasting sickness (uncountable)
  1. uncountablewasting disease

    "No, it's wasting sickness," she added, as she turned round to the mother with a lofty air of conviction; "it's wasting sickness!"

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 300
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wasting sickness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wasting%20sickness

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Chicago

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