CONSUMPTIVE

consumptive

(adjective) tending to consume or use often wastefully; “water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses”; “duties consumptive of time and energy”; “consumptive fires”

consumptive

(adjective) afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; “a consumptive patient”; “a consumptive cough”

consumptive, lunger, tubercular

(noun) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

consumptive (comparative more consumptive, superlative most consumptive)

Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.

Of, or relating to consumption.

(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.

Noun

consumptive (plural consumptives)

A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*sump"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. consomptif.]

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.)

Definition: Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.

Con*sump"tive, n.

Definition: One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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