phthisic

phthisic definitions

noun
  • 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). 

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