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consumptive

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

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