phthisis

Significado (Inglés)

An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

Conceptos

tisis

Sinónimos

consumption

tuberculosis

white plague

pulmonary tuberculosis

wasting disease

tisis

consumptive disease

emaciation

phthisic

tabes

tabefaction

Traducciones

tisi

tisi

phtisie

tering

verem

Schwindsucht

phthisis

longtering

tísica

tubercolosi

consunzione

etisia

φθίση

tisichezza

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈ(f)θaɪsɪs/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”), from φθίω (phthíō, “I waste away”).