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phthisis

[thahy-sis, tahy-] / ˈθaɪ sɪs, ˈtaɪ- /
NOUN
tuberculosis
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Wall Streeters parochially felt that the Administration's encouraging words were calculated to alleviate the stock market's phthisis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Delirium is present in many acute disorders, and not infrequently at a late stage in pulmonary phthisis.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

This form of phthisis may follow either croupous or catarrhal pneumonia.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Authors report observation of them in cases of disease of the liver or pancreas, as well as in phthisis, typhoid fever, diabetes mellitus, cholera, and tubercular enteritis of children.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

In a few instances we found the lesions of chronic phthisis, which had, of course, existed before the attack of relapsing fever.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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