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Noun: phthisis  thI-sis
Usage: archaic
  1. Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
    "The patient with phthisis experienced chronic coughing and significant weight loss";
    - pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, white plague

Type of: T.B., TB, tuberculosis

Encyclopedia: Phthisis