Definitions
1.NounA wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
2.NounAny wasting disease.
3.NounA person suffering from phthisis.
4.NounAny wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
5.AdjectiveOf or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.