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phthisis

/thahy-sis, tahy-/US // ˈθaɪ sɪs, ˈtaɪ- //UK // (ˈθaɪsɪs, ˈfθaɪ-, ˈtaɪ-) //

咽喉炎,咽峡炎,咽炎,咽喉疾病

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : a wasting away.
    • : pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption.

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Examples

  • Of the 141 cases under notice, I only know of three who have died, and all of then of phthisis pulmonalis.

  • It is, perhaps, most clearly seen in such physical diseases as phthisis, to which one-seventh of all the pauperism is due.

  • They seem to have been quite expert in their knowledge of phthisis.

  • Irritation of the lungs; probably, indeed most certainly, incipient phthisis.

  • I have elsewhere stated that, twenty-three years ago, I had incipient phthisis.