phthisis

Significado (Inglés)

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

Sinónimos

consumption

tuberculosis

white plague

pulmonary tuberculosis

wasting disease

tisis

consumptive disease

emaciation

phthisic

tabes

tabefaction

Traducións

tisi

tisi

phtisie

tering

verem

Schwindsucht

phthisis

longtering

tísica

tisis

consunzione

etisia

φθίση

tisichezza

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈ(f)θaɪsɪs/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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