Definitions for phthisical

phthisical phthis·i·cal

Spelling: [tiz-i-kuh l, thiz-]
IPA: /ˈtɪz ɪ kəl, ˈθɪz-/

Phthisical is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 485 anagrams from letters in phthisical (achhiilpst).

Definitions for phthisical

adjective

  1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.

Origin of phthisical

First recorded in 1605-15; phthisic + -al1

Examples for phthisical

This latter is particularly inimical to phthisical sufferers.

Moreover, the sexual appetite is very pronounced in phthisical patients.

This is demonstrated by study of the degeneracy stigmata of phthisical families.

As a part of the phthisical process in diabetes, cavities of various sizes are found and gangrene of the lungs has been observed.

He had been under the care of my predecessor, and had been entered as a phthisical patient.

I have also used this drug in troublesome cough with dyspnœa of phthisical patients with good result.

Wherever scrofulous and phthisical diseases are known, there also are found cases of tabes mesenterica.

It is a manufactory at once of the phthisical, the insane, and the criminal.

It is probable that the lowered vitality of phthisical patients increases somewhat their liability to gastric ulcer.

In phthisical cases the sensation is rather that of rawness of the oesophagus and stomach.

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