Consumptive
Related Definitions
[n] a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
[adj] tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
[adj] afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
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allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, astringent, baneful, bilious, calamitous, cancerous, case, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, chlorotic, colicky, collapsible, compactable, compressible, constringent, consuming, contractible, contractile, con