Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHTHI-SIS
PHTHI-SIS, n. [thi'sis; Gr. φθισις, from φθιω, φθεω, to consume.]
A disease of some part of the pulmonary apparatus, marked by cough, gradually progressive emaciation and exhaustion, hectic, and usually copious expectoration.
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