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51consumptive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. destructive, immoderate, devastating; see harmful , wasteful . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Relating to or afflicted with tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use: phthisic (no longer in scientific use),… …
52tuberculosis — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lung disease, pulmonary phthisis, consumption, T.B.*, lung trouble*; see also disease . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs: consumption (no longer in scientific… …
53phthisical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) 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 …
54phthisis — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs. No longer in scientific use: consumption (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis, white plague. See HEALTH …
55tubercular — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Relating to or afflicted with tuberculosis: consumptive (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisical (no longer in scientific use), tuberculate, tuberculous. See HEALTH …
56tuberculate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Relating to or afflicted with tuberculosis: consumptive (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisical (no longer in scientific use), tubercular, tuberculous. See HEALTH …
57tuberculous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Relating to or afflicted with tuberculosis: consumptive (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisical (no longer in scientific use), tubercular, tuberculate. See HEALTH …
58white plague — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs: consumption (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisis (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis. See HEALTH …
59Disease — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Disease >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disease disease Sgm: N 1 illness illness sickness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 ailing ailing &c.??? all the ills that flesh is heir to =>(Hamlet) Sgm: N 1 morbidity morbidity …
60phthisis — [ (f)θʌɪsɪs, tʌɪ ] noun archaic pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease. Derivatives phthisic adjective phthisical adjective Origin C16: via L. from Gk, from phthinein to decay …
