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   phthisis

   /ˈ(f)θʌɪsɪs/

   noun

   • 1. pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease. archaic

   Word Origin mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, from phthinein ‘to decay’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. phthisic adjective
   • 2. phthisical adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • P

     3

   • H

     4

   • T

     1

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

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