Consumptive

(noun.) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis.

(adj.) tending to consume or use often wastefully; 'water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses'; 'duties consumptive of time and energy'; 'consumptive fires' .

(adj.) afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; 'a consumptive patient'; 'a consumptive cough' .

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• She knew he was consumptive, his cheeks were so red and he was so uncommon thin in the waist. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He's been consumptive for a long time past,' said Mr. Roker, 'and he's taken wery bad in the breath to-night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I would not have her dwell longer on what you have said; for Eliza is consumptive. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Dr. Beddoes had established what he styled a Pneumatic Institution at Clifton, the object of which was to try the medicinal effects of different gases on consumptive patients. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The village is built on some consumptive little water-course, and about it is a little fresh-looking vegetation. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Dishes used by consumptives, and persons suffering from contagious diseases, can be made harmless by thorough washing in thick suds of almost boiling water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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