phthisic

adjective

1. Of or relating to phthisis or tuberculosis; tubercular.

noun

1. (pathology) A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; phthisis.

2. (pathology, formerly) Any wasting disease.

3. A person suffering from phthisis.

4. Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).