Definition of Phthisics

1. Noun. (plural of phthisic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phthisics

1. phthisic [n] - See also: phthisic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phthisics

phthalyl
phthalyl amidase
phthalylsulfacetamide
phthalylsulfathiazole
phthinoid
phthinoid chest
phthiocerol
phthiriases
phthiriasis
phthiriophobia
phthises
phthisic
phthisical
phthisick
phthisicky
phthisics (current term)
phthisio-
phthisiologist
phthisiology
phthisipneumony
phthisis
phthisis bulbi
phthongometer
phthor
phucked
phucking
phugoid
phugoids
phunky

Literary usage of Phthisics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Baltimore Medical and Surgical Journal and Review edited by Eli Geddings (1833)
"That it aggravates those diarrhoeas which have rebelled against opium, and ought not to be given to phthisics under such circumstances. 5. ..."

2. Birmingham Medical Review (1894)
"Close physical intimacy of life between phthisics and non-phthisics must be strenuously striven against, and most of all must we, as physicians, ..."

3. Practice of Medicine: Containing the Homeopathic Treatment of Diseases by Pierre Jousset (1901)
"phthisics suffer in their last term of existence from pains in the limbs, when Bryonia, Eupatorium perf., and Rhus tox. become indicated while their ..."

4. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"And generally diseases that are chronical, as coughs, phthisics, some kinds of palsies, lunacies, &c., are more dangerous at the first. ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1902)
"... asylums should be provided with special isolation wards for phthisics. and even that special asylums be founded for the care of phthisical insane. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Phthisics on Dictionary.com!Search for Phthisics on Thesaurus.com!Search for Phthisics on Google!Search for Phthisics on Wikipedia!

Search