PHTHISIS


Meaning of PHTHISIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthī-səs, ˈtī-, ˈthi-, ˈti- ]

noun

( plural phthi·ses -ˌsēz)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from phthinein to waste away; akin to Sanskrit kṣiṇoti he destroys

Date: 1526

: a progressively wasting or consumptive condition ; especially : pulmonary tuberculosis

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