phthisis
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phthi·sis
(thī'sĭs, tī'-) 
also phthis·ic (tĭz'ĭk, thĭz'-)
n.
also phthis·ic (tĭz'ĭk, thĭz'-)n.
- A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
- Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use.
[Latin, from Greek, from phthinein, to waste away.]
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phthisis
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.
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(thī'sĭs, tī'-) or phthis·ic (tĭz'ĭk, thĭz'-)
n.
n.
- A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
- Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in technical use.
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phthisis
1. a wasting of the body.
2. tuberculosis.
- p. bulbi — shrinkage of the eyeball.
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