phthisic

Same as phthisical.

A consumption or wasting away; phthisis.

A person affected with phthisis.

Same as phthisis.

A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; phthisis.

Any wasting disease.

A person suffering from phthisis.

Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).

Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular.