Medical term:
phthisis
phthisis
[thi´sis; ti´sis]wasting of the body.
phthisis bul´bi shrinkage of the eyeball.
grinder's phthisis a combination of tuberculosis and pneumoconiosis occurring in grinders in the cutlery trade.
miner's phthisis pneumoconiosis of coal workers.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
phthi·sis
(tī'sis),A wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
[G., a wasting]
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phthisis
(thī′sĭs, tī′-, thĭs′ĭs, tĭs′-)n.
1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
2. Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use.
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phthisis
An older term little used in the working medical parlance for:(1) Tuberculosis;
(2) Any chronic progressive disease or condition characterised by generalised emaciation or local tissue atrophy or loss—e.g., AIDS, cancer.
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phthisis
Wasting or consumption. An outmoded term for pulmonary TUBERCULOSIS.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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