Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. His head made an impression on the pillow.
Trending Now. Answers. Best Answer: Consumption is the name that was given to Tuberculosis (because it seemed to 'consume' people from within...coughing up blood was one of the first signs). It would also 'consume' the person as most would waste away before they died.
In 2015, according to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, 1,370 people died of unintentional poisonings. Of those deaths, 93 percent (1,274) were drug overdoses â everything from painkillers to cocaine to heroin. Thatâs an average of 3.5 deaths daily, which is in line with Murphyâs claim of four a day. Nearly the same number of people died in 2015 from unintentional drug overdoses as died from gunshots.