phthisis
/thahy-sis, tahy-/US // ˈθaɪ sɪs, ˈtaɪ- //UK // (ˈθaɪsɪs, ˈfθaɪ-, ˈtaɪ-) //
咽喉炎,咽峡炎,咽炎,咽喉疾病
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n.名词 noun
- 1
Pathology.
- : a wasting away.
- : pulmonary tuberculosis; consumption.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as intuberculosis
Synonyms
Examples
Of the 141 cases under notice, I only know of three who have died, and all of then of phthisis pulmonalis.
It is, perhaps, most clearly seen in such physical diseases as phthisis, to which one-seventh of all the pauperism is due.
They seem to have been quite expert in their knowledge of phthisis.
Irritation of the lungs; probably, indeed most certainly, incipient phthisis.
I have elsewhere stated that, twenty-three years ago, I had incipient phthisis.
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