Definitions from Wiktionary (phthisic)

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


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