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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈ(f)θaɪsɪs/, /ˈtaɪsɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phthisis.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phthisis2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: phthises [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”), from φθίω (phthíō, “to waste away”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|phthisis}} Latin phthisis, {{der|en|grc|φθίσις||consumption, decline, wasting away}} Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “consumption, decline, wasting away”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|phthises}} phthisis (countable and uncountable, plural phthises)
  1. (archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Derived forms: enterophthisis, myelophthisis, nephronophthisis, phthisiology, phthisiophobia, phthisis bulbi (english: atrophy of the eye) Related terms: phthisic, ptosis (english: prolapse or drooping) Translations (phthisis): سُحَاف (suḥāf) (Arabic), туберкулоза (tuberkuloza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), tisi [feminine] (Catalan), keuhkotuberkuloosi (english: pulmonary tuberculosis) (Finnish), phtisie [feminine] (French), Phthise [feminine] (German), φθίση (fthísi) [feminine] (Greek), tüdővész (Hungarian), tüdőgümőkór (Hungarian), tisi [feminine] (Italian), phthisis [feminine] (Latin), ورم (verem) (Ottoman Turkish), zanik [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), atrofia [feminine] (Polish), чахо́тка (čaxótka) [feminine] (Russian), suchotiny [feminine, plural] (Slovak), tisis [feminine] (Spanish), verem (Turkish)

Noun [Latin]

IPA: [ˈpʰtʰɪ.sɪs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈftiː.s̬is] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek φθῐ́σῐς (phthĭ́sĭs). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:φθῐ́σῐς|text=:grc}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "decay", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "decline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*dʰgʷʰéyti", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "burn", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰegʷʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "aktionsart verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éyti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰgʷʰey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "action nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dʰgʷʰéytis", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kʷʰtʰítis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φθῐ́σῐς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "phthisis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="phthisis"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek φθῐ́σῐς (phthĭ́sĭs). Head templates: {{la-noun|phthisis<3>|g=f}} phthisis f (genitive phthisis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|phthisis<3>}} Forms: phthisis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], phthisis [nominative, singular], phthisēs [nominative, plural], phthisis [genitive, singular], phthisium [genitive, plural], phthisī [dative, singular], phthisibus [dative, plural], phthisem [accusative, singular], phthisēs [accusative, plural], phthisīs [accusative, plural], phthise [ablative, singular], phthisibus [ablative, plural], phthisis [singular, vocative], phthisēs [plural, vocative], pthisis [alternative]
  1. consumption, phthisis, tuberculosis Tags: declension-3, feminine Synonyms: phthoē Derived forms: phthisicō Related terms: phthisicus

Inflected forms

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        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpʰtʰɪ.sɪs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈftiː.s̬is]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "phthisis"
}

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