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Phthisis definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHTHISIS, n. the'sis or thi'sis. [Gr. to consume.] A consumption occasioned by ulcerated lungs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body [syn: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural phthises) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from phthinein to waste away; akin to Sanskrit k?i?oti he destroys Date: 1526 a progressively wasting or consumptive condition; especially pulmonary tuberculosis

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any progressive wasting disease, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis. Derivatives: phthisic adj. phthisical adj. Etymology: L f. Gk f. phthino to decay

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Phthisis Phthi"sis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass or waste away: cf. F. phthisie.] (Med.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption. Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. (Med.) 1. Consumption, marasmus, emaciation, wasting, atrophy, decline, tabes. 2. Pulmonary consumption, phthisic.