phthisic

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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

Eunice'll hev her hands full this winter, I guess, with them three hearty children 'n' him all wheezed up with phthisic from October to April!...

From The Village Watch-Tower by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

She put it on her knee, and played a tune that would have made gout, cholic and phthisic dance upon their last legs.

From Peg Woffington by Reade, Charles

Yes, there's considerable of ager and phthisic and bilious fever.

From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice

You have the phthisic, when I know you have climbed the Rigi and Montanvert, and half the mountains in Switzerland!

From Bessie's Fortune A Novel by Holmes, Mary Jane