Definition of Consumptives. Meaning of Consumptives. Synonyms of Consumptives

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Definition of Consumptives

Consumptive
Consumptive Con*sump"tive, a. [Cf. F. consomptif.] 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. --Sharp. A long consumptive war. --Addison. 2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. --Dryden.
Consumptive
Consumptive Con*sump"tive, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

Meaning of Consumptives from wikipedia

- Consumptive water use is water removed from available supplies without return to a water resource system (e.g., water used in manufacturing, agriculture...
- St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives, established in 1882 by Franciscan Sisters of the Third Order, was one of eight hospitals for people with tuberculosis...
- "NRHP nomination for Boston Consumptives Hospital". Commonwealth of M****achusetts. Media related to Boston Consumptives Hospital at Wikimedia Commons...
- Brooklyn Home for Consumptives (previously, Garfield Memorial Home; later, Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital and Brooklyn Hospital; currently, Brooklyn Hospital...
- The Immaculate Consumptive was a collaborative group featuring four stars of the no wave scene, that existed for three shows in 1983. Its members were...
- (sacred herb), mountain balm, bear's weed, gum bush, gum plant, and consumptive weed. Less common names include Herbe des Montagnes, Herbe à Ourse, Herbe...
- "Chasing the Cure" in which the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society features prominently. In 2019, the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was featured in the...
- therefore very likely, that by an habitual lying in the same Bed with a Consumptive Patient, constantly Eating and Drinking with him, or by very frequently...
- ports of the United States" with a specific exception known as the "consumptive demand exception", which allowed forced labor-based imports of goods...
- The Minnesota State Sanatorium for Consumptives, also known as the Ah-Gwah-Ching Center, was opened in 1907 to treat tuberculosis patients. The name "Ah-Gwah-Ching"...