consumptive

nouns

a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

consumptive, lunger, tubercular

tending to consume or use often wastefully

"water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"

consumptive

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tending to exploit or make use of

afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis

"a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"

consumptive

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affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

"ill from the monotony of his suffering"