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phthisis /phthi·sis/ (thi´sis) (ti´sis) a wasting of the body.

phthi·sis (th

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1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or part of the body.

2. Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in technical use.

phthisis

[tis′is, thī′sis]

Etymology: Gk, phthisis, wasting away

any wasting disease involving all or part of the body, such as pulmonary tuberculosis.

White Plague

Medical history Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the ‘robber of youth’
Substance abuse A popular term for the epidemic of cocaine abuse

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.

phthisis

1. a wasting of the body.

2. tuberculosis.

phthisis bulbi

shrinkage of the eyeball.

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