crippling vs phthisic

crippling

noun
  • State of being crippled; lameness. 

  • Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building. 

adj
  • That cripples or incapacitates 

  • Causing serious injuries, damage, or harm; damaging. 

  • Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental. 

phthisic

noun
  • A person suffering from phthisis. 

  • A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis. 

  • Any wasting disease. 

  • Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi). 

adj
  • Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive. 

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