Found 3 items, similar to Consumptive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: consumptive penderita penyakit tbc
English → English (WordNet) Definition: consumptive consumptive adj 1: tending to consume or use often wastefully; “water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses”; “duties consumptive of time and energy”; “consumptive fires” [ant: generative] 2: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; “a consumptive patient”; “a consumptive cough” n : a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: lunger]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Consumptive Consumptive \Con*sump"tive\, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives. [1913 Webster] Consumptive \Con*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. consomptif.] 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. [1913 Webster] It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. --Sharp. [1913 Webster] A long consumptive war. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. [1913 Webster] The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]