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consumption (kәn-sump´shәn)   the act of consuming, or the process of being consumed.
  a wasting away of the body.
 

oxygen consumption  the amount of oxygen consumed by the tissues of the body, usually measured as the oxygen uptake in the lung. The normal value is 250 mL/min (or 3.5 to 4.0 mL/kg/min), and it increases with increased metabolic rate.





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