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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHTHISICAL

a.tiz'zical. [Gr. See Phthisis. ] Wasting the flesh; as a phthisical consumption.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHTHISICAL

Phthis "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. phthisicus, Gr. phthisique. See Phthisis. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to phthisis; affected with phthisis; wasting; consumptive.