English dictionary

phthisis

/'/T//aI/s/I/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

noun.state

Synonyms consumption pulmonary tuberculosis wasting disease white plague

Source: WordNet 3.0
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 <u>Consumption</u>.

noun

Source: webster1913