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Word: phthisic (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular.

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Noun:

  • Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
  • A person suffering from phthisis.
  • pathology A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; phthisis.

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