Word: consumptive

Category: consumptive

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Related words: consumptive

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Synonyms: consumptive

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Translations: consumptive

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german
Translations:
schwindsüchtig, verbrauchend
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french
Translations:
phtisique
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russian
Translations:
разрушительный, потребительский, чахоточный, истребляющий, больной, туберкулезный, истощающий, изнурительный
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finnish
Translations:
hivuttava
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czech
Translations:
souchotinář, souchotinářský
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polish
Translations:
konsumpcyjny, gruźliczy, gruźlik, suchotniczy, suchotnik
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ukrainian
Translations:
споживацький, виснажливий, руйнівний, споживчий
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estonian
Translations:
neelav

The meaning and "use of": consumptive

adjective
  • affected with a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. - from birth he was sickly and consumptive
  • of or relating to the using up of resources. - tourism represents an insidious form of consumptive activity
noun
  • a person with a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. - He sat behind a walnut desk and could treat every sickness you could name and plenty you couldn't; more impressively, he kept his consumptives alive each year.

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