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phthisic(dictionary)

phthisic (iou)



phthisic noun & adjective. Now rare. Also (earlier) tisic, ptisic. ME.
[Old French tisike, -ique, later ptisique, thisique (repl. by mod. French phthisie) from Proto-Romance use as noun of fem. of Latin phthisicus from Greek phthisikos consumptive, from phthisis: see PHTHISIS, -IC.]
A. noun.
1. Pulmonary tuberculosis. ME.
2. Any of various lung or throat affections; a severe cough; asthma. LME-M18.
B. adjective. = phthisical. LME.
phthisical adjective of the nature of or pertaining to phthisis; (of a person) consumptive: E17.
phthisicky adjective consumptive; asthmatic; wheezy: L17.