phthisic
英式音标：phthisic怎么读
美式音标：phthisic怎么读
phthisic词义
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adj. 结核病的n. 肺结核；肺结核病人
phthisic英文词源
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- phthisic (adj.)
- late 14c., tysyk "of or pertaining to a wasting disease," from Old French tisike, phtisique "consumptive" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *phthisicus, from Greek phthisikos "consumptive," from phthisis "wasting, consumption" (see phthisis). Earlier in English as a noun meaning "wasting disease of the lungs" (mid-14c.). Related: Phthisical.
The old pronunciation dropped the ph-, but this will probably recover its sound now that everyone can read.