consumptive (redirected from consumptives)

con·sump·tive  (kn-smptv)

adj.

1. Consuming or tending to consume.

2. Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption.

n.

A person afflicted with consumption.

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con·sumptive·ly adv.

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consumptive [kənˈsʌmptɪv]

adj

1. causing consumption; wasteful; destructive

2. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol relating to or affected with consumption, esp tuberculosis of the lungs

n

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a person who suffers from consumption

consumptively  adv

consumptiveness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	consumptive - a person with pulmonary tuberculosis tubercular, lunger diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.	1.	consumptive - tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" generative, productive - having the ability to produce or originate; "generative power"; "generative forces"
	2.	consumptive - afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough" ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

Translations

consumptive [kənˈsʌmptɪv] (Med)

A. ADJ → tísico

B. N → tísico/a m/f

consumptive [kənˈsʌmptɪv] adj (= tubercular) [person] → tuberculeux/euse

consumptive (old)

n → Schwindsüchtige(r) mf

adj → schwindsüchtig

consumptive [kənˈsʌmptɪv] adj & n (old) → tisico/a