Words Like PHTHISIS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PHTHISIS.

2 Alternative Words Similar to phthisis

1 Consumption Noun      Synonym Words Like Consumption
2 Tuberculosis Noun      Synonym Words Like Tuberculosis

6 definitions of phthisis

1 A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See consumption.
2 involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
3 A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body.
4 Tuberculosis of the lungs. No longer in scientific use.
5 A disease of the lungs, characterized by progressive consolidation of pulmonary tissue, with breaking down and the formation of cavities.
6 An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
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