The gradual destruction or undermining of something.
Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.
A substance (such as rust) so formed.
The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
Any wasting disease.
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
A person suffering from phthisis.
Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.