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Definition of: phthisis
(thī′sis, fthī′-) noun Pathol.
1. Pulmonary consumption; tuberculosis of the lungs; less frequently, tuberculosis of some other part.
2. Progressive emaciation; any continuous destruction of tissue. [<L <Gk., a wasting away <phthiein decay]
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