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tisick

tisick is the obsolete form of phthisic.

Meaning of phthisic

Noun

phthisic (countable and uncountable, plural phthisics)

  1. A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
  2. (formerly) Any wasting disease.
  3. A person suffering from phthisis.
  4. Any wasting or shrinking of another body part such as, for example, the eye (phthisis bulbi).

See all 5 meanings of phthisic

Forms of tisick

pluraltisicks

Questions about tisick

What is tisick the obsolete form of?
Tisick is the obsolete form of phthisic.

Words near tisick in the dictionary

  1. Tishomingo County
  2. tishoumaren
  3. Tishrei
  4. Tishri
  5. tisic
  6. tisick
  7. tisicks
  8. tisicky
  9. tisics
  10. tisinalite
  11. Tisiphone

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