The death of part of the body.
A bequest to a charitable institution.
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.
The act of mortifying.
A bringing under of the passions and appetites by a severe or strict manner of living.
Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
Any wasting disease.
A person suffering from phthisis.
Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.