Depletion  - Depletion means that the basic substances for life begin to decrease to the point where injury and death are certain.  One of the ways depletion injures organisms is by starvation.  Depletion means that energy decreases to the point where disorder increases and the survival of the system is threatened.  Examples are infections and starvation.  Consider water.

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