phthisic

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
2. (countable, uncountable) Any wasting disease.
3. (countable, uncountable) A person suffering from phthisis.
4. (countable, uncountable) Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).

Adj

Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.

Conceptos

tísico

Sinónimos

hectic

phthisical

consumptive

phthisis

tubercular

tisic

Traducciones

φθισικός

phtisique

tisico

astım

astımlı

devamlı zayıflama

nefes darlığı

verem

tísic

veremli

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: tisike

In summary

From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).