consumptive
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(a) tending to consume or use often wastefully
- water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses
- duties consumptive of time and energy
- consumptive fires
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(s) afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
- a consumptive patient
- a consumptive cough
Nouns
- (n) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis tubercular, lunger,