phthisic
Noun
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Noun
phthisic (plural phthisics)
- (pathology) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; phthisis.
- (pathology, formerly) Any wasting disease.
- A person suffering from phthisis.
- Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
phthisic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular.
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