phthisic noun & adjective.
['(f)Ɵʌɪzɪk, 'tʌɪ-] Now
rare. Also (earlier) tisic, ptisic.
ME.[Old French
tisike,
-ique, later
ptisique,
thisique (repl. by mod. French
phthisie) from Proto-Romance use as noun of fem. of Latin
phthisicus from Greek
phthisikos consumptive, from
phthisis: see
PHTHISIS,
-IC.]
A.
noun.
1. Pulmonary tuberculosis.
ME.2. Any of various lung or throat affections; a severe cough; asthma.
LME-M18.B.
adjective. =
phthisical.
LME. ■ phthisical
adjective of the nature of or pertaining to phthisis; (of a person) consumptive:
E17. ■ phthisicky
['(f)Ɵɪ-, 'tɪ-] adjective consumptive; asthmatic; wheezy:
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