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Definition of Phthisis

Phthisis
Phthisis Phthi"sis, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to pass or waste away: cf. F. phthisie.] (Med.) 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. Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.

Meaning of Phthisis from wikipedia

- up phthisis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phthisis may refer to: Tuberculosis, an infectious disease, historically known as phthisis Phthisis bulbi...
- Tuberculosis has been known by many names from the technical to the familiar. Phthisis (φθίσις) in ancient Gr**** translates to decay or wasting disease, presumed...
- Phthisis bulbi is a shrunken, non-functional eye. It may result from severe eye disease, inflammation or injury, or it may represent a complication of...
- Silicosis Other names Miner's phthisis, Grinder's asthma, Potter's rot, pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis Slice of a lung affected by...
- history, the disease tuberculosis has been variously known as consumption, phthisis, and the White Plague. It is generally accepted that the causative agent...
- Miliary tuberculosis is a form of tuberculosis that is characterized by a wide dissemination into the human body and by the tiny size of the lesions (1–5 mm)...
- to ptosis), Marfan syndrome, Duane's syndrome, silent sinus syndrome or phthisis bulbi.[citation needed] Soparker, Charles N.S. (2008), "ENOPHTHALMOS 376...
- ****ociation of Phthia with the Gr**** word phthisis "consumption, decline; wasting away" (in English, phthisis has been used as a synonym for tuberculosis)...
- of pulmonology. The term derives from the designation by Hippocrates of phthisis (Gr**** φθίσις) meaning "consumption". Khovanov, A. V.; Nechaev, V. I.;...
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