phthisicとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈ(f)θɪzɪk/, /ˈtɪzɪk/
• 韻: -ɪzɪk

名詞

phthisic (countable and uncountable, plural phthisics)

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

形容詞

phthisic (not comparable)

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

派生語

派生語

• phthisical
• phthisicky