Consumptive
11consumptive — consumption ► NOUN 1) the action or process of consuming. 2) an amount consumed. 3) dated a wasting disease, especially tuberculosis. DERIVATIVES consumptive adjective & noun (dated ) …
12consumptive — adj. & n. adj. 1 of or tending to consumption. 2 tending to or affected with pulmonary tuberculosis. n. a consumptive patient. Derivatives: consumptively adv. Etymology: med.L consumptivus (as consumption) …
13Consumptive water use — is water removed from available supplies without return to a water resources system (e.g., water used in manufacturing, agriculture, and food preparation that is not returned to a stream, river, or water treatment plant). Evaporation from the… …
14consumptive wildlife use — consumptive harvest …
15consumptive use — /kənsʌmptɪv ˈjus/ (say kuhnsumptiv yoohs) noun the use of a resource in such a way that its supply is reduced, as in diverting water from a water source for consumption, as for household water supply, irrigation, stock watering, etc. Compare non… …
16consumptive — I. adjective Date: 1647 1. tending to consume 2. of, relating to, or affected with consumption • consumptively adverb II. noun Date: 1666 a person affected with consumption …
17consumptive — consumptively, adv. consumptiveness, n. /keuhn sump tiv/, adj. 1. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful. 2. pertaining to consumption by use. 3. Pathol. a. pertaining to or of the nature of consumption. b. disposed to or affected with… …
18consumptive — Synonyms and related words: allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, astringent, baneful, bilious, calamitous, cancerous, case, cataclysmal, cataclysmic, catastrophic, chlorotic, colicky, collapsible, compactable, compressible, constringent,… …
19consumptive — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. destructive, immoderate, devastating; see harmful , wasteful . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Relating to or afflicted with tuberculosis. No longer in scientific use: phthisic (no longer in scientific use),… …
20consumptive — con|sump|tive [ kən sʌmptıv ] adjective an old word used for describing someone with the lung disease tuberculosis …
