Phthisis Definition

thīsĭs, tī-, thĭsĭs, tĭs-
noun
A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
American Heritage Medicine
Any wasting disease, as tuberculosis of the lungs.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
phthisis
Plural:
phthises

Origin of Phthisis

  • From Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthisis, “consumption, decline, wasting away"), from φθίω (phthiō, “I waste away").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin from Greek from phthinein to waste away

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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