Phthisick
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Phthisick is an adjective meaning Obsolete form of phthisic.
Meaning
Obsolete form of phthisic.
Example Sentences
...her Inhabitants breathe nothing but an impure and thick Mist, accompanied with a fuliginous and filthy vapour, which renders them obnoxious to a thousand inconveniences, corrupting the Lungs, and disordering the entire habit of their Bodies; so that Catharrs, Phthisicks, Coughs and Consumptions, rage more in this one City, than in the whole Earth besides.
Word Forms
- phthisicks
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include phtisic, tisic, tisicky, phlogistick, morbifick, plethoretic.
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