Phthisis synonyms
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No longer in scientific use: consumption
An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs.
Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs and other tissues of the body, often developing long after the initial infection.
Tuberculosis, especially of the lungs.
(Pathology) The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs.
An amount consumed.
Find another word for phthisis. In this page you can discover 8 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for phthisis, like: No longer in scientific use: consumption, phthisic, tuberculosis, white plague, health, pulmonary-tuberculosis, consumption and wasting-disease.