Associations to the word «Phthisis» - Word Associations Network

Noun

Tuberculosis
Cough
Consumption
Opium
Lung
Plague
Fever
Bce
Disease
Miner
Blood
Doctor
Person
Relation
Cause
Death
Paris

Adjective

Pulmonary
Afflicted
Chronic
Greek

Verb

Wiktionary

PHTHISIS, noun. (archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

Dictionary definition

PHTHISIS, noun. Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

Martin Luther King Jr.