slovo | definícia |
consumptive (encz) | consumptive,týkající se tuberkulózy Zdeněk Brož |
Consumptive (gcide) | Consumptive \Con*sump"tive\, n.
One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.
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Consumptive (gcide) | Consumptive \Con*sump"tive\, a. [Cf. F. consomptif.]
1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of
consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.
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It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. --Sharp.
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A long consumptive war. --Addison.
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2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.
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The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed.
--Dryden.
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consumptive (wn) | 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, productive]
2: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a
consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
n 1: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: consumptive,
lunger, tubercular] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
consumptive (encz) | consumptive,týkající se tuberkulózy Zdeněk Brož |
consumptive water-use (encz) | consumptive water-use,nenávratné užívání vody [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
consumptively (encz) | consumptively, |
consumptiveness (encz) | consumptiveness,sklon k souchotinám LK |
total consumptive water use (encz) | total consumptive water use,celková vláhová potřeba [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
Consumptively (gcide) | Consumptively \Con*sump"tive*ly\, adv.
In a way tending to or indication consumption. --Beddoes.
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Consumptiveness (gcide) | Consumptiveness \Con*sump"tive*ness\, n.
A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.
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consumptive (wn) | 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, productive]
2: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a
consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
n 1: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: consumptive,
lunger, tubercular] |
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