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phthisis
noun as in tuberculosis
Strong match
Example Sentences
Phthisis made kits for clinical lab testing.
I then forwarded the collection to Washington as ordered except one Ogalalla skull of a young squaw that died of phthisis.
The city is full of phthisis; the insanitary conditions under which the vast majority of the inhabitants live favour its rapid dissemination.
In the first place he one day came to me with a woeful face, and besought me to carefully examine his chest, for he was convinced he was developing phthisis.
Her brother told me that her husband, who had died of consumption, and whose mind was perfectly clear to the last, as is usually the case in phthisis, had told her that he could not entertain any hopes of seeing her in the other world unless she became a Catholic.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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