phthisicaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈ(f)θɪzᵻkl/,

/ˈtɪzᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈθɪzᵻk(ə)l/,

/ˈtɪzᵻk(ə)l/

Forms:

α. 1600s tizicall, 1600s tysicall, 1600s–1700s tissical, 1800s tisical.

β. 1600s pthysicall, 1600s ptisical, 1600s ptisicall, 1700s pthisical.

γ. 1600s phthisicall, 1600s phthysical, 1600s– phthisical, 1700s phtisical.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin phthisicus , -al suffix¹; phthisis n., -ical suffix.

Etymology: Either < classical Latin phthisicus phthisic adj. + -al suffix¹, or < phthisis n. + -ical suffix.

A. adj.

I. In technical and specialist uses.

a. Of, relating to, or of the nature of phthisis. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > relating to consumption

consumptive1588

phthisical1611

phthisic1694

phthinoid1870

phthisiogenetic1904

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Phtisique, Tysicall.

1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds 40 Almost the one half of them who dye in London, dye of ptisical, and pulmonicall distempers.

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 174 When Tissical distempers stopt my Breath.

1698 E. Ward London Spy I. ii. 10 The Watch-man cough'd up a Phthisical Hem, a a Signal to his Associates.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iii. 114 Their ears were assailed by a forced phthisical cough.

1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 135 The phthisical inflammation may so alter the structure of the lungs.

1843 Med. Times 21 Jan. 263/2 There is old phthisical disease in the summit of both lungs.

1874 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 20 15 Nearly all the cases of pure monomania of suspicion are phthisical.

1897 G. W. Hazeltine Early Hist. Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, N.Y. xv. 420 Frank was an unusually bright young man, but he was born with phthisical tendencies and his health was always delicate.

1923 B. W. Henderson Life & Principate Emperor Hadrian xv. 264 Dropsical supervened upon phthisical symptoms, and the unceasing pain became almost unendurable.

1937 L. S. Stebbing Philos. & Physicists ix. 194 Later it was discovered that the clogging of the lungs of the workers by fine particles of steel was the cause of the phthisical state.

b. Suffering from, affected by, or predisposed to phthisis. Of a house: where cases of phthisis are present. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > relating to consumption > affected by

consumpta1398

phthisica1398

consumed?a1425

consumptuous1601

consumptive1648

phthisical1651

consumptionary1653

consumptionish1655

consumptionous1655

consumptional1662

consummate1684

phthisicky1697

pulmonary1712

1651 J. French Art Distillation ii. 50 This Water..is very good for those that are ptisicall.

1709–10 J. Addison Tatler No. 121. ⁋1 Poor Cupid..has always been Phtisical, and..we are afraid it will end in a Consumption.

1768 F. de Valangin Treat. Diet 220 Phthisical or Consumptive Patients, should not fatigue themselves too much with Riding.

1795 J. Watt Let. 24 May in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 217 The Phthisical patient had a very bad relapse from the Snow Storm.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxiii. 283 You will frequently find that he will die phthisical.

1856 Lancet 23 Aug. 215/1 The stage of growth is eminently fatal in the phthisical habit.

1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 521 The Sherif visited Beyrût some years ago..for the health of a tisical son.

1899 Times 14 Jan. 8/6 The visitation of phthisical houses was not only practicable, but was of as great importance to the public weal as similar visits in houses where fever or enteric fever had occurred.

1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay v. 84 There was the phthisical charwoman who used to work at his father's house, until she got too weak and died.

1973 P. O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise iv. 72 Other male images sat in a range either side of him, some scrofulous, rheumatic, gouty or phthisical, others merely too fat.

1994 Sci. Amer. June 6/2 The Medical Record tells of a woman in Ohio who utilized the high temperature of her phthisical husband for eight weeks before his death, by using him as an incubator for hens' eggs.

2. Ophthalmology. Of an eye: affected by phthisis bulbi.

ΚΠ

1904 Lancet 13 Aug. 436/2 There is no more tuberculosis in a phthisical eyeball than there is transparency in a ‘crystalline’ lens which is absolutely opaque from cataract.

1952 Arch. Ophthalmol. 47 734 (title) Possible malignant melanoma of choroid: pathologic study of a minute tumor discovered in an enucleated phthisical eye.

1985 Ann. Ophthalmol. 17 722/2 The neoplasm recurred 19 years later, presenting with a ruptured globe in an eye that was blind and phthisical because of previous blunt trauma and failed retinal detachment surgery.

1991 Jrnl. Mental Deficiency Res. 35 196 In both cases, the phthisical eye had been damaged, possibly because of keratoconus and perforation.

II. Other uses.

3. In extended use and figurative.

ΚΠ

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 28 He will bestow on us a pretty modell of himselfe: and sobs me out halfe a dozen tizicall mottoes where ever he had them.

a1849 H. Coleridge Poems (1850) II. 254 His wasp-stung wits were grown so quaint and phthisical.

1887 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 427 That phthisical Idealism which claimed the empire in despite of Nature.

1959 T. Heywood in G. Butler Bk. S. Afr. Verse 123 The earth has phthisical echoes, bringing Dust to the lung.

B. n.

With the and plural agreement: people suffering from phthisis. Also: a phthisical person (rare). Now rare or disused.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > consumption > person

phthisica1398

phthisical1618

hectica1657

consumptive1666

pulmonic1733

phthinode1870

1618 T. Bretnor tr. A. Sala Opiologia iii. 23 It auaileth much the Pthysicall in staying their defluxions.

1800 T. Marryat Therapeutics (ed. 14) 187 In dropsicals, phthisicals, and scorbutics, a Gangrene is the fore-runner of death.

1835 Lancet 18 Apr. 72/1 None of these means of testing the expectoration of the phthisical are now therefore employed.

1912 Nature 12 Dec. 427/2 The mortality of the phthisical under sanatorium and tuberculin treatments.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phthisical
释义	phthisicaladj.n. Brit. /ˈ(f)θɪzᵻkl/, /ˈtɪzᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈθɪzᵻk(ə)l/, /ˈtɪzᵻk(ə)l/ Forms: α. 1600s tizicall, 1600s tysicall, 1600s–1700s tissical, 1800s tisical. β. 1600s pthysicall, 1600s ptisical, 1600s ptisicall, 1700s pthisical. γ. 1600s phthisicall, 1600s phthysical, 1600s– phthisical, 1700s phtisical. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin phthisicus , -al suffix¹; phthisis n., -ical suffix. Etymology: Either < classical Latin phthisicus phthisic adj. + -al suffix¹, or < phthisis n. + -ical suffix. A. adj. I. In technical and specialist uses. 1. a. Of, relating to, or of the nature of phthisis. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > relating to consumption consumptive1588 phthisical1611 phthisic1694 phthinoid1870 phthisiogenetic1904 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Phtisique, Tysicall. 1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds 40 Almost the one half of them who dye in London, dye of ptisical, and pulmonicall distempers. 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 174 When Tissical distempers stopt my Breath. 1698 E. Ward London Spy I. ii. 10 The Watch-man cough'd up a Phthisical Hem, a a Signal to his Associates. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. iii. 114 Their ears were assailed by a forced phthisical cough. 1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 135 The phthisical inflammation may so alter the structure of the lungs. 1843 Med. Times 21 Jan. 263/2 There is old phthisical disease in the summit of both lungs. 1874 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 20 15 Nearly all the cases of pure monomania of suspicion are phthisical. 1897 G. W. Hazeltine Early Hist. Town of Ellicott, Chautauqua County, N.Y. xv. 420 Frank was an unusually bright young man, but he was born with phthisical tendencies and his health was always delicate. 1923 B. W. Henderson Life & Principate Emperor Hadrian xv. 264 Dropsical supervened upon phthisical symptoms, and the unceasing pain became almost unendurable. 1937 L. S. Stebbing Philos. & Physicists ix. 194 Later it was discovered that the clogging of the lungs of the workers by fine particles of steel was the cause of the phthisical state. b. Suffering from, affected by, or predisposed to phthisis. Of a house: where cases of phthisis are present. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > relating to consumption > affected by consumpta1398 phthisica1398 consumed?a1425 consumptuous1601 consumptive1648 phthisical1651 consumptionary1653 consumptionish1655 consumptionous1655 consumptional1662 consummate1684 phthisicky1697 pulmonary1712 1651 J. French Art Distillation ii. 50 This Water..is very good for those that are ptisicall. 1709–10 J. Addison Tatler No. 121. ⁋1 Poor Cupid..has always been Phtisical, and..we are afraid it will end in a Consumption. 1768 F. de Valangin Treat. Diet 220 Phthisical or Consumptive Patients, should not fatigue themselves too much with Riding. 1795 J. Watt Let. 24 May in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 217 The Phthisical patient had a very bad relapse from the Snow Storm. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxiii. 283 You will frequently find that he will die phthisical. 1856 Lancet 23 Aug. 215/1 The stage of growth is eminently fatal in the phthisical habit. 1888 C. M. Doughty Trav. Arabia Deserta II. 521 The Sherif visited Beyrût some years ago..for the health of a tisical son. 1899 Times 14 Jan. 8/6 The visitation of phthisical houses was not only practicable, but was of as great importance to the public weal as similar visits in houses where fever or enteric fever had occurred. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay v. 84 There was the phthisical charwoman who used to work at his father's house, until she got too weak and died. 1973 P. O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise iv. 72 Other male images sat in a range either side of him, some scrofulous, rheumatic, gouty or phthisical, others merely too fat. 1994 Sci. Amer. June 6/2 The Medical Record tells of a woman in Ohio who utilized the high temperature of her phthisical husband for eight weeks before his death, by using him as an incubator for hens' eggs. 2. Ophthalmology. Of an eye: affected by phthisis bulbi. ΚΠ 1904 Lancet 13 Aug. 436/2 There is no more tuberculosis in a phthisical eyeball than there is transparency in a ‘crystalline’ lens which is absolutely opaque from cataract. 1952 Arch. Ophthalmol. 47 734 (title) Possible malignant melanoma of choroid: pathologic study of a minute tumor discovered in an enucleated phthisical eye. 1985 Ann. Ophthalmol. 17 722/2 The neoplasm recurred 19 years later, presenting with a ruptured globe in an eye that was blind and phthisical because of previous blunt trauma and failed retinal detachment surgery. 1991 Jrnl. Mental Deficiency Res. 35 196 In both cases, the phthisical eye had been damaged, possibly because of keratoconus and perforation. II. Other uses. 3. In extended use and figurative. ΚΠ 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 28 He will bestow on us a pretty modell of himselfe: and sobs me out halfe a dozen tizicall mottoes where ever he had them. a1849 H. Coleridge Poems (1850) II. 254 His wasp-stung wits were grown so quaint and phthisical. 1887 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 427 That phthisical Idealism which claimed the empire in despite of Nature. 1959 T. Heywood in G. Butler Bk. S. Afr. Verse 123 The earth has phthisical echoes, bringing Dust to the lung. B. n. With the and plural agreement: people suffering from phthisis. Also: a phthisical person (rare). Now rare or disused. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > consumption > person phthisica1398 phthisical1618 hectica1657 consumptive1666 pulmonic1733 phthinode1870 1618 T. Bretnor tr. A. Sala Opiologia iii. 23 It auaileth much the Pthysicall in staying their defluxions. 1800 T. Marryat Therapeutics (ed. 14) 187 In dropsicals, phthisicals, and scorbutics, a Gangrene is the fore-runner of death. 1835 Lancet 18 Apr. 72/1 None of these means of testing the expectoration of the phthisical are now therefore employed. 1912 Nature 12 Dec. 427/2 The mortality of the phthisical under sanatorium and tuberculin treatments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1611
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