Consumption
noun
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Similar: ingestion, intake, uptake
noun
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Similar: pulmonary tuberculosis, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague
noun
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
“the consumption of energy has increased steadily”
Similar: economic consumption, usance, use, use of goods and services