phthisis

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”), from φθίω (phthíō, “to waste away”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, white plague

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