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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

In phthisis pulmonalis among the best signs are the patient's increasing in weight, coughing and expectorating less, ceasing to have hectic and night sweats.

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

In like manner, the frequent termination in phthisis of cases of diabetes suggests the likelihood of tuberculous inflammation arising in the absence of any evidence of previous scrofulous or tuberculous disease.

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

It seems probable that the constant an�mia, with the loss of the blood-corpuscles, of pulmonary phthisis is an important additional factor in checking oxidation in this disease.

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

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




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