consumptive

About 0.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
2. adjective Of or relating to consumption.
3. adjective Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.

   consumptive cough

4. noun A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Similar words

lunger sick exploitive exploitative exploitatory ill coagulopathy dissipated wasteful spent

Often followed by

use and patients uses coagulopathy patient water or demand

Word family

consumptively consumptives