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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phthisis /ˈ(f)θʌɪsɪs, ˈtʌɪ-/

▶noun archaic pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease.

– derivatives
phthisic adjective,
phthisical adjective.

– origin C16: via L. from Gk, from phthinein ‘to decay’.

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