= phthisis, n. 1a. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > consumption (16) phthisic1301 = phthisis, n. 1a. Obsolete. consumptiona1398 Originally: †abnormality or loss of humours, resulting in wasting (extreme weight loss) of the body; such wasting; (obsolete). Later: disease that… phthisis1525 A wasting disease, esp. one involving the lungs; spec. tuberculosis. Now chiefly historical. studious consumption1666 a wasting disease or condition attributed to excessive study; an instance or case of this. consumptiveness1677 colliquitation1720 = colliquation, n. 3b. decay1725 spec. Consumption, phthisis; ‘a decline’. wearing1824 Wasting from disease: in quot. with away. (? Obsolete) Hence in dialect a wasting illness, consumption. consumptivity1889 Tendency to develop consumption. Subcategories:— development of (1) — person (6) |
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