Another word for phthisical | Synonyms for phthisical

Another word for phthisical

adjective

Relating to or afflicted with tuberculosis.

No longer in scientific use: consumptive (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), tubercular, tuberculate, tuberculous. See health

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But warm, moist climates rather favour sedentary habits and tend to lessen appetite, so that the nutrition of the patient is apt to suffer; and although phthisical patients may live in comparative comfort in such climates, their tendency to recovery in them is small.
The atoll has an exceedingly healthy climate, and might well be used as a sanatorium for phthisical patients, the temperature never reaching extremes.

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