/tiz"ik, thiz"-/ , Pathol.
n.
1. a wasting disease of the lungs; phthisis.
2. asthma.
3. a person who suffers from phthisis.
adj.
4. pertaining to phthisis; phthisical.
[ 1300-50; phthisicus phthisikós (see PHTHISIS, -IC); r. ME tisike p ) tisicus; L, as above ]