Might mean (unverified): Old term for tuberculosis; consumption.
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adjective:  Obsolete form of phthisic. [Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.]
noun:  Obsolete form of phthisic. [(pathology) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.]

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