Thesaurus: consumptive

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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. 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison. 2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
8. Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.
9. j:100 n. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis a. tending to consume or use often wastefully s. afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis