phthisis

1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
2. Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use.

[Latin, from Greek, from phthinein, to waste away.]

noun

An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs. consumption (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis, white plague. See health/sickness.

1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
2. Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in technical use.

1. a wasting of the body.
2. tuberculosis.

• p. bulbi — shrinkage of the eyeball.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  Synonyms: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, white plague