Bible Encyclopedias
Phthisis
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Gr. 461.acs " wasting"), a term formerly applied (like "Consumption") to the disease of the lung now known as Tuberculosis.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Phthisis'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/phthisis.html. 1910.