Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
phthisis \phthi"sis\ (th[imac]"s[i^]s; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr.
fqi`sis, fr. fqi`ein to pass or waste away: cf. F. phthisie.]
(Med.)
A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term is now
obsolete; it was once applied to many wasting diseases, but
in the early 1900's became restricted to tuberculosis of the
lungs (pulmonary phthisis, or consumption). See
{Consumption}. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster + PJC]
{Fibroid phthisis}. See under {Fibroid}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phthisis
n 1: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
[syn: {pulmonary tuberculosis}, {consumption}, {phthisis},
{wasting disease}, {white plague}]
From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]:
phthisis
consumption; tuberculosis
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