verem, ftizi

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(Tıp) phthisis
{n} a consumption or wasting disease
A wasting or consumption of the tissues
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
{i} (Pathology) tuberculosis, consumption (type of lung disease)
The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption
Tuberculosis
Consumption ---Chronic wasting away
an atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis
a wasting away (or a part or of the body); vernacular for pulmonary tuberculosis