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phthisis

[ thahy-sis, tahy- ]

noun

Pathology.
  1. a wasting away.
  2. pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption.


phthisis

/ ˈfθaɪ-; ˈtaɪ-; ˈθaɪsɪs /

noun

  1. any disease that causes wasting of the body, esp pulmonary tuberculosis
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phthisis1

1515–25; < Greek ٳí lung disease, literally, a wasting away, equivalent to ٳí ( ein ) to decay + -sis -sis
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phthisis1

C16: via Latin from Greek: a wasting away, from phthinein to waste away
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I then forwarded the collection to Washington as ordered except one Ogalalla skull of a young squaw that died of phthisis.

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The city is full of phthisis; the insanitary conditions under which the vast majority of the inhabitants live favour its rapid dissemination.

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A toothache produces more violent convulsions of pain than a phthisis or a dropsy.

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We must take the world as we find it, full of men and women predisposed to tubercular phthisis, and with no idea of its contagious nature.

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It seems probable that the constant an�mia, with the loss of the blood-corpuscles, of pulmonary phthisis is an important additional factor in checking oxidation in this disease.

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