CONSUMPTIVE
\kənsˈʌmptɪv], \kənsˈʌmptɪv], \k_ə_n_s_ˈʌ_m_p_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of CONSUMPTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
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tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
By Princeton University
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afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
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tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
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Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
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One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to, inclined to, or afflicted with, pulmonary tuberculosis.
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One afflicted with pulmonary tuberculosis.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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CONSUMPTIVELY.
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Tending to, causing, or affected with consumption.
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A person affected by phthisis.
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Consumptiveness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Phthisicus
By Robley Dunglison
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Pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected with consumption, especially pulmonary consumption; as a n., an individual having that disease.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
By Thomas Sheridan
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