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Princeton's WordNet
pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plaguenoun
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
Wiktionary
phthisisnoun
An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
Etymology: From phthisis, from φθίσις, from φθίω.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Phthisisnoun
A consumption.
Etymology: φϑίσις.
If the lungs be wounded deep, though they escape the first nine days, yet they terminate in a phthisis or fistula. Richard Wiseman.
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phthisis
Phthisis is a term from medical history usually referring to a wasting away or progressive decline in health, often specifically associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Webster Dictionary
Phthisisnoun
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
Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. fqi`sis, fr. fqi`ein to pass or waste away: cf. F. phthisie.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Phthisis
thī′sis, n. consumption or wasting away of the lungs.—adjs. Phthis′ic, -al (tiz′ik, -al), pertaining to or having phthisis.—n. Phthisiology (tiz-i-ol′ō-ji), the sum of scientific knowledge about phthisis. [L.,—Gr. phthiein, to waste away.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of phthisis in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of phthisis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- tisiCatalan, Valencian
- suchotinySlovak
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