PHTHISIS (Gr. φθίσις “wasting”), a term formerly applied (like “Consumption”) to the disease of the lung now known as Tuberculosis (q.v.).
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PHTHISIS (Gr. φθίσις “wasting”), a term formerly applied (like “Consumption”) to the disease of the lung now known as Tuberculosis (q.v.).