phthisic

== English == === Alternative forms === phthisick, tisick (obsolete) phthisique (dated) tisic (dated) tizzic, tizzick, tissick (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈ(f)θɪzɪk/, /ˈtɪzɪk/ Rhymes: -ɪzɪk === Noun === phthisic (countable and uncountable, plural phthisics) (pathology) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis. (pathology, formerly) Any wasting disease. A person suffering from phthisis. Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi). === Adjective === phthisic (not comparable) Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === phthisical phthisicky