English-Thai Dictionary
phthisis
N วัณ โรค ปอด phthisic wan-na-rok-pod
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PHTHISIS
n.the'sis or thi'sis. [Gr. to consume. ] A consumption occasioned by ulcerated lungs.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PHTHISIS
Phthi "sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. phthisie.] (Med. )
Defn: 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. Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.
New American Oxford Dictionary
phthisis
phthi sis |ˈTHīsis, ˈtī -ˈθaɪsəs | ▶noun Medicine, archaic pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive systemic disease. DERIVATIVES phthis ic |ˈtizik, ˈTHizik |adjective, phthis i cal |ˈtizikəl, ˈTHiz- |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from phthinein ‘to decay. ’
Oxford Dictionary
phthisis
phthisis |ˈ (f )θʌɪsɪs, ˈtʌɪ -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine, archaic pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease. DERIVATIVES phthisic adjective, phthisical adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from phthinein ‘to decay ’.
Duden Dictionary
Phthisis
Phthi sis Substantiv, feminin Medizin , die |Phth i sis |die Phthisis; Genitiv: der Phthisis, Plural: die Phthisen griechisch 1 Phthise 2 Schrumpfung, Schwund
phthisisch
phthi sisch Adjektiv Medizin phthitisch |phth i sisch |die Phthise betreffend; an Tuberkulose erkrankt
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