Phthisis

Definition:

• (n.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption.

Compare phthisis with other words:

phthisicky vs. phthisis

phthisic vs. phthisis

phthisis vs. tuberculosis

body vs. phthisis

atrophy vs. phthisis