Definition of Phthises

1. Noun. (plural of phthisis) ¹

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Definition of Phthises

1. phthisis [n] - See also: phthisis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phthises

phthalocyanine
phthalocyanines
phthalonitrile
phthaloyl
phthaloylation
phthalyl
phthalyl amidase
phthalylsulfacetamide
phthalylsulfathiazole
phthinoid
phthinoid chest
phthiocerol
phthiriases
phthiriasis
phthiriophobia
phthises (current term)
phthisic
phthisical
phthisick
phthisicky
phthisics
phthisio-
phthisiologist
phthisiology
phthisipneumony
phthisis
phthisis bulbi
phthongometer
phthor

Literary usage of Phthises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D. by Thomas Sydenham (1850)
"These are the most common sort of phthises; other phthises are the effects of other diseases, as of a pleurisy when it turns into an empyema, ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1831)
"... very interesting practical reflexions. These may be submitted in the form of queries. 1. What has been the result in those cases of tuberculous phthises ..."

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