phthisic
- Noun. (pathology) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; phthisis.
- Noun. (pathology, formerly) Any wasting disease.
- Noun. A person suffering from phthisis.
- Noun. Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
- Adjective. Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular.
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