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Webster 1913 Edition


Phthisic

Phthis′ic

,
Noun.
Same as
Phthisis
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Phthisic

PHTHIS'IC

,
Noun.
tiz'zic. A consumption. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


phthisic

phthisic

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Noun

phthisic (plural phthisics)

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

Adjective

phthisic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular.

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