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“phthisic”
phthisis, phthisic
1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
2. A wasting disease; especially, pulmonary tuberculosis of the lungs.
2. A wasting disease; especially, pulmonary tuberculosis of the lungs.
The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption.
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phthisio-, phthis-, phthi-, -phthisis +
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