phthisis
phthisis (thī"sis; 277) , noun
[Latin, from Greek fqi`sis, from fqi`ein to pass or waste away: compare French phthisie.]
(Medicine) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term is now obsolete; it was once applied to many wasting diseases, but in the early 1900's became restricted to tuberculosis of the lungs (pulmonary phthisis, or consumption). See Consumption. [Obsolete]
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Fibroid phthisis , See under Fibroid.