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 phthi·sis /ˈθaɪsəs, ˈtaɪ, ˈfθaɪ ||ɪ ||aɪ/
 肺結核

 phthi·sis /ˈt(h)aɪsəs, ˈt(h)ɪsəs/ 名詞
 癆病

 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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 phthisis
      n : involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
          [syn: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting
          disease, white plague]