Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
Any wasting disease.
A person suffering from phthisis.
Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
Of or pertaining to tuberculosis.
Someone who suffers from tuberculosis.