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Phthisis
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Phthisis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/phthisis.html. 1828.