wasting palsy

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wasting palsy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wasting \Wast"ing\, a.
     Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a
     wasting disease; a wasting fortune.
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     Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See
        under Progressive.
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