| consumption | 1. The using up of something, especially the rate at which it is used. 2. Obsolete term for a wasting of the tissues of the body, usually tuberculous. Origin: L. Con-sumo, pp. -sumptus, to take up wholly, use up, waste (05 Mar 2000) |
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| consumption coagulopathy | <haematology> A disorder that includes accelerated platelet consumption with coagulation factor depletion (prolongation of PT and PTT) and stimulation of fibrinolysis (generation of fibrin split products). Disseminated intravascular coagulation can be caused by severe bacterial infections (sepsis), extensive burns, trauma, retained dead foetus, heatstroke, mismatched blood transfusion, metastatic cancer and some forms of leukaemia. Manifests with severe bleeding and bruising. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| oxygen consumption | The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen stpd used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
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