Consumptive
21consumptive — con sump·tive || ptɪv adj. of or pertaining to consumption; suffering from consumption (tuberculosis) …
22consumptive — con·sump·tive …
23consumptive — UK [kənˈsʌmptɪv] / US adjective an old word used for describing someone with the lung disease tuberculosis …
24consumptive — con•sump•tive [[t]kənˈsʌmp tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) tending to consume; destructive; wasteful 2) pertaining to or of the nature of consumption 3) pat disposed to or affected with consumption 4) pat sts Older Use. a person suffering from tuberculosis •… …
25consumptive — /kənˈsʌmptɪv/ (say kuhn sumptiv) adjective 1. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful. 2. relating to consumption by use. 3. Pathology a. relating to or of the nature of consumption. b. disposed to or affected with consumption. –noun 4. someone …
26consumptive harvest — total number or weight of fish that are caught and retained in a fishery over a time period …
27consumptive use — activities such as fishing, which remove parts of the resource …
28consumptive hypothyroidism — a rare type of hypothyroidism in which there are vascular tumors in the liver and excessive deiodination of thyroxine; it is usually seen in infants, but a few cases have occurred in older persons …
29consumptive use — The quantity of water used annually by crops or natural vegetation due to transpiration, tissue building, and evaporation from adjacent soil [16] …
30consumptive's weed — noun Etymology: so called from its use in the relief of bronchial disorders : yerba santa …