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Phthisis

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(n.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Phthisis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/phthisis.html. 1828.
 
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