phthisic

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
2. noun Any wasting disease.
3. noun A person suffering from phthisis.
4. noun Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
5. adjective Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.

Similar words

phthisick phtisic tissick phthisis tizzic tisic consumption phthisiophobia pneumopathy pneumonitis

Often followed by

habitus and a hand pulmonaire

Word family

phthisical phthisics