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- noun Plural form of
phthisic .
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Examples
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The root pounded to powder and mixed with honey, a tea-spoonful for a dose, two or three times a day, is good for colds, dry coughs, phthisics, &c.; it is also good in whooping-cough, consumptions, &c.
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It is good in consumption and breast complaints generally; also in colds, phthisics, &c.
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