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CONSUMPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of consuming something
Synonyms:
consumption; expenditure; using up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("consumption" is a kind of...):
depletion (the act of decreasing something markedly)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consumption"):
burnup (the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms:
consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("consumption" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consumption"):
eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)
deglutition; drink; swallow (the act of swallowing)
suck; sucking; suction (the act of sucking)
drinking; imbibing; imbibition (the act of consuming liquids)
Derivation:
consume (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
Example:
the consumption of energy has increased steadily
Synonyms:
consumption; economic consumption; usance; use; use of goods and services
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("consumption" is a kind of...):
demand (the ability and desire to purchase goods and services)
Domain category:
economic science; economics; political economy (the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "consumption"):
conspicuous consumption (buying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Synonyms:
consumption; phthisis; pulmonary tuberculosis; wasting disease; white plague
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("consumption" is a kind of...):
T.B.; TB; tuberculosis (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))
Context examples:
A liquid that is suitable for human consumption.
(Beverage, NCI Thesaurus)
Dietary Practices refers to a person's choices in food consumption.
(Dietary Practices, NCI Thesaurus)
However, enhanced in vivo enzymatic activity is only detected after alcohol consumption or in obese individuals.
(CYP2E1*1 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Limit your consumption of fish with higher levels of mercury.
(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
A mathematic formula used to estimate individual oxygen consumption, and thus energy expenditure, at rest and for various physical activities.
(Metabolic Equivalent of Task, NCI Thesaurus)
State of the body in relation to the consumption and utilization of nutrients.
(Nutritional status, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Persistent laryngitis usually caused by smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, voice abuse, or gastroesophageal reflux disease.
(Chronic Laryngitis, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology for the test names concerned with the subject's consumption of food and/or water.
(CDISC SEND Food and Water Consumption Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This gene is involved in the regulation of metabolic and endocrine processes required for energy storage and consumption.
(BRS3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Rapeseed oil was traditionally used as an industrial lubricant but newer varieties are used for animal feed, vegetable oil for human consumption, and biodiesel.
(Brassica napus Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
