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antiphthisic

antiphthisic adjective: relieving or curing phthisis.

Adjective

antiphthisic (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Relieving or curing phthisis.

Noun

antiphthisic (plural antiphthisics)

  1. A medicine for phthisis.

Forms of antiphthisic

pluralantiphthisics

Origin of antiphthisic

From anti- + phthisic.

Questions about antiphthisic

What does antiphthisic mean?
Antiphthisic means relieving or curing phthisis.
What part of speech is antiphthisic?
Antiphthisic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antiphthisic in the dictionary

  1. antiphrases
  2. antiphrasis
  3. antiphrastic
  4. antiphrastical
  5. antiphrastically
  6. antiphthisic
  7. antiphthisical
  8. antiphthisics
  9. antiphylloxeric
  10. antiphysical
  11. antiphytopathogenic

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