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phthi·sis P0272600 (thī′sĭs, tī′-, thĭs′ĭs, tĭs′-)n.1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.2. Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use.
[Latin, from Greek, from phthinein, to waste away.]phthisis (ˈθaɪsɪs; ˈfθaɪ-; ˈtaɪ-) n (Pathology) any disease that causes wasting of the body, esp pulmonary tuberculosis[C16: via Latin from Greek: a wasting away, from phthinein to waste away]phthisisany disease causing a wasting away of part or all of the body, especially tuberculosis; consumption. — phthisic, phthisical, adj.See also: Disease and IllnessThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  phthisis - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the bodypulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague, consumptionT.B., tuberculosis, TB - infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) |
phthisisnounAn infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs.No longer in scientific use:consumption (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis, white plague.Translations
EncyclopediaSeetuberculosisphthisisenUK
phthisis [thi´sis; ti´sis] wasting of the body.phthisis bul´bi shrinkage of the eyeball.grinder's phthisis a combination of tuberculosis and pneumoconiosis occurring in grinders in the cutlery trade.miner's phthisis pneumoconiosis of coal workers.phthi·sis (tī'sis), A wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. [G., a wasting] phthisis (thī′sĭs, tī′-, thĭs′ĭs, tĭs′-)n.1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.2. Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use.phthisis An older term little used in the working medical parlance for:
(1) Tuberculosis;
(2) Any chronic progressive disease or condition characterised by generalised emaciation or local tissue atrophy or loss—e.g., AIDS, cancer.phthisis Wasting or consumption. An outmoded term for pulmonary TUBERCULOSIS.phthisisenUK
Related to phthisis: Phthisis bulbiSynonyms for phthisisnoun an infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungsSynonyms- consumption
- phthisic
- tuberculosis
- white plague
Synonyms for phthisisnoun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the bodySynonyms- pulmonary tuberculosis
- wasting disease
- white plague
- consumption
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