Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Tuberculosis, especially of the lungs.
GNU Webster's 1913
- Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
- n. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
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hernesheir A.k.a. wasting disease, tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis. Jun 27, 2010