phthisic.
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
Meaning & usage
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
Any wasting disease.
A person suffering from phthisis.
Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).
Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.
Where this word comes from
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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