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consumptive
(k/@/n's/@/mpt/I/v )

adjective (a)

  • tending to consume or use often wastefully(adj.all)
    Example:
    Water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses.
    Duties consumptive of time and energy.
    Consumptive fires.
    Antonym:
    generative, productive
    source: wordnet30
  • Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a person with pulmonary tuberculosis(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    lunger, tubercular
    source: wordnet30
  • One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis(adj.all)
    Example:
    A consumptive patient.
    A consumptive cough.
    source: wordnet30
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