consumptive

  1. Adjective.  Having a tendency to consume.
  2. Adjective.  Of, or relating to consumption.
  3. Adjective.  (context, pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
  4. Noun.  A person suffering of pulmonary tuberculosis.

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