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 phthi·sis n.  Med. A wasting or consumption of the tissues.  The term is now obsolete; it was once applied to many wasting diseases, but in the early 1900's became restricted to tuberculosis of the lungs (pulmonary phthisis, or consumption). See Consumption. [Obs.]
 Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.
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