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consumptive

/kən'səmptɪv/

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noun
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
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Similar:

lunger tubercular

type of:
sufferer diseased person sick person
adjective
afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
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"a consumptive patient" "a consumptive cough"

Similar:

sick ill
adjective
tending to consume or use often wastefully
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"water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses" "duties consumptive of time and energy" "consumptive fires"

Similar:

exploitive exploitatory exploitative

Opposite:

generative

Examples of consumptive

"a consumptive patient"
"a consumptive cough"
"water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"
"duties consumptive of time and energy"
"consumptive fires"