Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sum of scientific knowledge concerning phthisis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A treatise on phthisis.
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- noun medicine The care, treatment, and study of
tuberculosis of thelung .
Etymologies
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phthisis + -logy.
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