A nutrition, metabolism, and development symptom that is characterized by the unintended loss of weight and lean body tissue characteristic of many diseases (as cancer, tuberculosis, and AIDS). [ url:http://www2.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwmednlm?book=Medical&va=wasting ]
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A nutrition, metabolism, and development symptom that is characterized by the unintended loss of weight and lean body tissue characteristic of many diseases (as cancer, tuberculosis, and AIDS).