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consomption

  • \kɔ̃.sɔ̃p.sjɔ̃\

noun consomptions

  1. Action d’être consumé. La victime fut brûlée jusqu’à l’entière consomption.
  2. dated Amaigrissement progressif qui précède souvent la mort dans la plupart des maladies chroniques, et surtout dans la tuberculose. Fièvre de consomption.

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  • consumption wasting-away of the human body through disease

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@misc{consomption_2026,
  title = {consomption},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/consomption},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}