phthisis – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
phthisis
n.
(Pathology) tuberculosis, consumption (type of lung disease)
Phthisis
phthisis
Noun
1. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
(synonym) pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, white plague
(hypernym) tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
Phthisis
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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