phthisical

American  

[tiz-i-kuhl, thiz-] / ˈtɪz ɪ kəl, ˈθɪz- /

Also phthisicky

adjective

1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.

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Other Word Forms

• prephthisical adjective

Etymology

Origin of phthisical

First recorded in 1605–15; phthisic + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Were it so, the Dorians and Athenians, including Sophocles, Pindar, �schines, Epaminondas, all the Spartan kings and generals, the Theban legion, Pheidias, Plato, would have been one nation of rickety, phthisical, dropsical paralytics.

From A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists by Symonds, John Addington

I will continue the research by careful weighings of early cases; and will further endeavor to ascertain whether the addition of mullein to the cultivating solution prevents the propagation of the phthisical bacillus.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

Some phthisical sufferers, of whom there are here, alas! too many, were now admitted from time to time into St. Vincent's Hospital.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

I have also used this drug in troublesome cough with dyspnœa of phthisical patients with good result.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

The non-professional notion respecting the curative powers of climate is, that by breathing a mild and soothing atmosphere, the phthisical patient withdraws irritation, and leaves nature at liberty to effect her own cure.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 444 Volume 18, New Series, July 3, 1852 by Chambers, William