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Tuberculosis vs Phthisis - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between tuberculosis and phthisis

is that tuberculosis is an infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually species: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria while phthisis is an atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

tuberculosis

English

(wikipedia tuberculosis)

Noun

(tuberculoses)
  • (pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually , mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.

    • Synonyms

    * phthisic * consumption * TB (abbreviation)

    Derived terms

    * miliary tuberculosis * pulmonary tuberculosis * MDR-TB * XDR-TB

    Related terms

    * Mtb

    phthisis

    English

    Noun

    (phthises)
  • (archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
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  • * {{quote-book, c.1830-40's, passage=For some months to my becoming acquainted with him, his physicians had declared him in a confirmed phthisis . It was his custom, indeed, to speak calmly of his approaching dissolution, as a matter neither to be avoided nor regretted., author=
    • Edgar Allan Poe, title=The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar:Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe}}

    Related terms

    * phthisic ----