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It is an old word for the disease Tuberculosis.
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What disease does Nicole kidman's character in Moulin Rouge have?
She had TB (tuberculosis), or what was commonly referred to as "consumption" in those days.
What is consumption?
"Consumption" is an old name for tuberculosis (TB) that describes how the illness wastes away or consumes its victims. TB is "an ancient enemy" that has plagued humankind for more than five thousand years. The act or process of consuming. Consumption can be either a wasting disease, or the act of using up resources.
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What is consuption?
Using something that can no longer be used when you're done with it. i. e. Food, gas in your car. In economics, this would be pretty much anything that uses resources that don't involve the making or selling of a product/service. Consumption is also an old-timey phrase describing fatal infectious or parasitic disease.
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