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phthisis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | consumption, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague |
| Type of | t.b., tb, tuberculosis |
Examples of phthisis
phthisis
He discovered last year that his trouble breathing was the chronic lung disease called miner's phthisis.
From the usatoday.com
Early in the 20th century, it was sometimes used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis or phthisis.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Wall Streeters parochially felt that the Administration's encouraging words were calculated to alleviate the stock market's phthisis.
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- Pulmonary tuberculosis: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- Tuberculosis or TB (short for tubercles bacillus) is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. ...
- (Greek for consumption) and phthisis pulmonalis
- Chronic wasting away, tuberculosis
- TIGH-suhs/ [from Greek phthio to decay, wane, waste away] Wasting away, phthisis (myelophthisis).
- In the past, tuberculosis was called consumption, because it seemed to consume people from within, with a bloody cough, fever, pallor, and long relentless wasting. ...
