Meanings
plural phthisics · alternative obsolete phthisick · alternative obsolete tisick · alternative dated phthisique · alternative dated tisic · alternative nonstandard tizzic · alternative nonstandard tizzick · alternative nonstandard tissick
- countableuncountablemedicineA wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
- countableuncountableformerlymedicineAny wasting disease.
- countableuncountableA person suffering from phthisis.
- countableuncountableAny wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).
alternative obsolete phthisick · alternative obsolete tisick · alternative dated phthisique · alternative dated tisic · alternative nonstandard tizzic · alternative nonstandard tizzick · alternative nonstandard tissick
- not comparableOf or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular; consumptive.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekφθισικός“consumptive”
- Latinphthisicus“suffering from tuberculosis”
- Middle Englishtisike
- Englishphthisic
From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).
More words from Middle English, Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian туберкулозен
- туберкулозен (tuberkulozen)of or relating to phthisis
Catalan tísic
- tísicof or relating to phthisis
Chinese Mandarin 肺結核 /肺结核, 肺癆 /肺痨
- 肺結核 /肺结核 (fèijiéhé)of or relating to phthisis
- 肺癆 /肺痨 (fèiláo)of or relating to phthisis
French phtisique
- phtisiqueof or relating to phthisis
German phthisisch, schwindsüchtig
- phthisischof or relating to phthisis
- schwindsüchtigof or relating to phthisis
Greek φθισικός
- φθισικός (fthisikós)of or relating to phthisis
Italian tisico, etico
- tisicoof or relating to phthisis
- eticoof or relating to phthisis
Slovak suchotinársky, tuberkulózny
- suchotinárskyof or relating to phthisis
- tuberkulóznyof or relating to phthisis
Spanish tísico, hético
- tísicoof or relating to phthisis
- héticoof or relating to phthisis
- ptisicoof or relating to phthisis
Turkish veremli, müteverrim
- veremliof or relating to phthisis
- müteverrimof or relating to phthisis
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phthisic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
phthisic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phthisic
“phthisic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phthisic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phthisic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phthisic.
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