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LUXUS CONSUMPTION

\lˈʌksəs kənsˈʌmpʃən], \lˈʌksəs kənsˈʌmpʃən], \l_ˈʌ_k_s_ə_s k_ə_n_s_ˈʌ_m_p_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of LUXUS CONSUMPTION

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Excessive consumption of food beyond the needs of the organism.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The eating or digestion of food in excess of the real needs of the body.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

An old term, used in physiology to express the fact that more protein food is usually taken in the diet than is needed to maintain nitrogenous equilibrium.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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