Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to check phthisis or consumption.
  • noun A medicine intended to check phthisis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med.) Relieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Relieving or curing phthisis.
  • noun A medicine for phthisis.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ phthisic

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