non-consumptive

adjective

1. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful.
2. pertaining to consumption by use.
3. Pathology.
   1. pertaining to or of the nature of consumption.
   2. disposed to or affected with consumption.

noun

4. Older Use. a person who suffers from tuberculosis.

adjective

1. causing consumption; wasteful; destructive
2. pathol relating to or affected with consumption, esp tuberculosis of the lungs

noun

3. pathol a person who suffers from consumption

adj.early 15c., “wasteful,” also with reference to pulmonary consumption, from Latin consumpt-, stem of consumere (see consume) + -ive. As a noun, attested from late 14c. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption.