Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. / Of, or relating to consumption. / (pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.

A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

In a consumptive manner.

plural of consumptive

The state of being consumptive.

The act of eating, drinking or using. / The amount consumed. / The act of consuming or destroying. / (pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.

plural of consumption

plural of consumpt

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consumpt

(archaic) Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption).