consumptives
plural of consumptive
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
19 February 2025
(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm
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