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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
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
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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