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Wasting palsy

Wasting \Wast"ing\, a. Causing waste; also, undergoing waste; diminishing; as, a wasting disease; a wasting fortune.

Wasting palsy (Med.), progressive muscular atrophy. See under Progressive.

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wasting palsy

n. (context dated English) progressive muscular atrophy