phthisis
/ˈ(f)θaɪsɪs/
词源链
- 英语English
phthisis
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”), from φθίω (phthíō, “to waste away”).
释义
名词noun
- 1archaicAn atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.