phthisis
Americannoun
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a wasting away.
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pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption.
noun
Etymology
Origin of phthisis
1515–25; < Greek phthísis lung disease, literally, a wasting away, equivalent to phthí ( ein ) to decay + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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Wall Streeters parochially felt that the Administration's encouraging words were calculated to alleviate the stock market's phthisis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hair becomes dry and lustreless in phthisis, and falls out during convalescence from many acute diseases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The perspirations which accompany this disease are most profuse, like those of advanced phthisis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Of these, 63 children were of subnormal nutrition, 22 were suffering from anæmia, 2 from phthisis, 8 from heart disease, and 25 had enlarged tonsils.
From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Bray, Reginald Arthur
Phthisis may be developed in consequence of an attack of influenza, and if phthisis be already established it is apt to run a more rapid course.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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