phthisiogenesisn.
/ˌ(f)θɪzɪəʊˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌθɪzioʊˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Medicine. rare.
The causation and development of tuberculosis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > consumption > development of
phthisiogenesis1904
1904 C. Bolduan tr. E. von Behring Suppression of Tuberculosis 45 Observations concerning the study of phthisiogenesis [Ger. Phthisiogenese] in man and in animals.
1924 Amer. Rev. Tuberculosis: Abstr. Tuberculosis 10 24/2 Experimental studies on phthisiogenesis.—Inoculation of human tubercle bacilli into the tonsils or soft palate in rabbits of different ages resulted in a tuberculosis running the course of pulmonary phthisis.
1936 Univ. Durham Coll. of Med. Gaz. 36 128 The study of phthisiogenesis involves the reconciliation of..much discordant data.
1950 Acta Tuberculosea Scand. 25 92 (title) Phthisiogenesis: an attempt to classify pulmonary tuberculosis of adults on a genetic basis.
Derivatives
ˌphthisiogeˈnetic adj. of or relating to the causation or development of tuberculosis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > relating to consumption
consumptive1588
phthisical1611
phthisic1694
phthinoid1870
phthisiogenetic1904
1904 C. Bolduan tr. E. von Behring Suppression of Tuberculosis 46 Improbability, so far as importance as a phthisiogenetic factor is concerned, of a primary bronchial..Tb. infection.
1953 Dis. Chest 24 191 (title) Phthisiogenetic considerations based on tomographic analysis of 320 consecutive cases of localized pulmonary tuberculosis in adults.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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