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
In three cases in which I have employed it, the persons were affected with phthisis.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
In the advanced stage of phthisis it procured a respite beyond his expectation.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
Of fifty-nine resident medical assistants who lived in the hospital an average of six months each, only two are dead, and these not from phthisis.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
In a few instances we found the lesions of chronic phthisis, which had, of course, existed before the attack of relapsing fever.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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