phthisis

Questions about phthisis

What does phthisis mean?

phthisis means "involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body".

How many syllables are in phthisis?

phthisis has 2 syllables: phthi-sis. The stress falls on "phthi".

What is another word for phthisis?

Close synonyms include pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, white plague. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phthisis a common word?

phthisis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.