phthisic
/ˈ(f)θɪzɪk/noun
High School
1
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
2
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).