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Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
  2. a. Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
  3. n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
  4. adj. tending to consume or use often wastefully
  5. adj. afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
  6. n. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  7. Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.
  8. j:100 n. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis a. tending to consume or use often wastefully s. afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis