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.
The act of ruining or wrecking.
The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
A loss of reputation.
The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost.