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phthisic

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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phthisic (countable and uncountable, plural phthisics)

  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

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phthisic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.

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