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