phthisic
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Definition of phthisic
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
- (countable, uncountable)Any wasting disease.
- (countable, uncountable)A person suffering from phthisis.
- (countable, uncountable)Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
adj
- (not-comparable)Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.
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Etymology
From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).
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