phthisic

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

hectic

phthisical

consumptive

phthisis

tubercular

tisic

Translations

φθισικός

phtisique

tisico

tísico

astım

astımlı

devamlı zayıflama

nefes darlığı

verem

tísic

veremli

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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”).