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phthisis

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phthi·sis  (thss, t-) also phthis·ic (tzk, thz-)
n.
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.]

phthisis [ˈθaɪsɪs ˈfθaɪ- ˈtaɪ-]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) any disease that causes wasting of the body, esp pulmonary tuberculosis
[via Latin from Greek: a wasting away, from phthinein to waste away]

phthisis
any disease causing a wasting away of part or all of the body, especially tuberculosis; consumption. — phthisic, phthisical, adj.
See also: Disease and Illness
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.phthisisphthisis - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
T.B., tuberculosis, TB - infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
Translations
phthisis [ˈθaɪsɪs] Ntisis f
phthisis
nSchwindsucht f, → (Lungen)tuberkulose f


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The elder woman gave the family history, father and mother had died of phthisis, a brother and a sister, these two were the only ones left.
If, in place of the characteristic monuments which we have just described, we examine the general aspect of art from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, we notice the same phenomena of decay and phthisis.
 
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