(旧称,较少用)肺痨;肺结核(tuberculosis 的历史用语),也可更泛指使人逐渐消瘦、衰弱的消耗性疾病(用法偏古旧/医学史语境)。
/ˈθaɪsɪs/
In the past, doctors called tuberculosis phthisis.
过去,医生把肺结核称为 phthisis(肺痨)。
In nineteenth-century medical writing, phthisis was portrayed as a slow wasting disease that could take years to run its course.
在19世纪的医学著述中,phthisis 被描述为一种缓慢消耗的疾病,病程可能持续多年。
phthisis 来自古希腊语 phthísis,意为“消耗、衰弱(wasting away)”,与表示“消瘦/衰败”的词根相关;后经拉丁语进入英语。因为肺结核常导致长期消瘦、乏力,所以历史上常用该词指代肺结核。