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Definition of Phthisical
1. a. Of or pertaining to phthisis; affected with phthisis; wasting; consumptive.
Definition of Phthisical
1. Adjective. phthisic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Phthisical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phthisical
Literary usage of Phthisical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1874)
"In the 48 phthisical cases the medicine had no effect in 5, in 21 the sweating
was remarkably abated, and in 22 it disappeared entirely. ..."
2. Clinical Lectures on Mental Diseases by Thomas Smith Clouston (1904)
"phthisical INSANITY. medical treatment — anti-gouty, ... special connection
between the phthisical and the insane diathesis hereditarily and otherwise ..."
3. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1845)
"Becquerel and Rodier remark, in reference to their observations on the blood in
phthisical patients, that " in those in whom there is either a softening of ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"... the following case :—" A Polander suffering from pulmonary consumption was
brought in with well-marked phthisical insanity, destructive and suspicious. ..."
5. American Observer Medical Monthly (1864)
"In the seventieth year the danger is at an end, a person of phthisical ...
Under similar circumstances, phthisical persons of the female sex die more ..."
6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"... phthisical DISEASE. BY LEONARD WEBER, MD IT is a daily observation that there
is a special condition of the mind associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. ..."
7. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1886)
"ON THE PSYCHO-NEUROTIC AFFECTIONS WHICH ACCOMPANY AND OFTEN MASK phthisical DISEASE.
BY LEONARD WEBER, MD IT is a daily observation that there is a special ..."
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