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phthisis |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Phthisis \Phthi"sis\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? to pass or waste away: cf F. phthisie.] (Med.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See {Consumption}. {Fibroid phthisis}. See under {Fibroid}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: phthisis n : involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body [syn: {pulmonary tuberculosis}, {consumption}, {wasting disease}, {white plague}]
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