phthisic
/F TH IH1 S IH0 K/noun
- 1
(pathology) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
- 2
(pathology, formerly) Any wasting disease.
- 3
A person suffering from phthisis.
- 4
Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.
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