(pathology) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis. / (pathology, formerly) Any wasting disease. / A person suffering from phthisis.

Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.

plural of phthisic

phthisic

Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.

Obsolete form of phthisic.

Obsolete form of phthisic.

plural of phthisick