phthisis
Meaning
Noun
- An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
Origin
- Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις ("consumption, decline, wasting away"), from φθίω.
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