Rogets II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
consumption
NOUN:
1. A quantity consumed: usage, use. SeeGIVE, USED. 2. An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs. No longer in scientific use: phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisis (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis, white plague. SeeHEALTH.