CONSUMPTION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 17

n. Ko2n-su'mp's husn. Gr., trvvrnfa. Lat., consumptio (from consumere, to waste away, to consume). Fr., consomption. Ger., Schwindsucht, Abzehrung, Auszehrung. It.. U2, blue; U3, lull: U. full; U8, urn; U, like ii German). [s. 383]