Phthisis
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Phthisis may refer to:
Mythology
[edit]- Phthisis (mythology), Classical/Greco-Roman personification of rot, decay and putrefaction
Medical terms
[edit]- Tuberculosis, an infectious disease, historically known as phthisis
- Phthisis bulbi, shrunken, nonfunctional eye
- Phthisis miliaris, miliary tuberculosis
- Phthisis pulmonalis, tuberculosis, also known as consumption