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An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs.
His mother had suffered from phthisis; and he himself now fell a victim to the same disease.
His mother had suffered from phthisis; and he himself now fell a victim to the same disease.
- Tubercle bacilli in tissues from human lung in a case of acute phthisis.
In acute and chronic alcoholism, in phthisis, and in other diseases this fatty condition may be very extreme, and is commonly found in association with other tissue changes, so that probably we should look on these changes as a degeneration.
Amyloid develops in various organs and tissues and is commonly associated with chronic phthisis, tubercular disease of bone and joints, and syphilis (congenital and acquired).