Definition of Consumptive. Meaning of Consumptive. Synonyms of Consumptive

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Definition of Consumptive

Consumptive
Consumptive Con*sump"tive, a. [Cf. F. consomptif.] 1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. --Sharp. A long consumptive war. --Addison. 2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. --Dryden.
Consumptive
Consumptive Con*sump"tive, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

Meaning of Consumptive from wikipedia

- Consumptive water use is water removed from available supplies without return to a water resource system (e.g., water used in manufacturing, agriculture...
- Brooklyn Home for Consumptives (previously, Garfield Memorial Home; later, Brooklyn Thoracic Hospital and Brooklyn Hospital; currently, Brooklyn Hospital...
- over 57% of cases. A low level, however, is more consistent with the consumptive process of DIC. A rapidly declining platelet count High levels of fibrin...
- (sacred herb), mountain balm, bear's weed, gum bush, gum plant, and consumptive weed. Less common names include Herbe des Montagnes, Herbe à Ourse, Herbe...
- The Immaculate Consumptive was a collaborative group featuring four stars of the no wave scene, that existed for three shows in 1983. Its members were...
- ports of the United States" with a specific exception known as the "consumptive demand exception", which allowed forced labor-based imports of goods...
- St Joseph's Hospital for Consumptives, established in 1882 by Franciscan Sisters of the Third Order, was one of eight hospitals for people with tuberculosis...
- The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) was a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis patients in Lakewood, Colorado. Founded in 1904, the...
- century, consumption was a common word for tuberculosis. At the time, consumptive patients were turned away from other hospitals as there was no known...
- evapotranspiration. Evapotranspiration plus water held in the plant totals to consumptive use, which is nearly identical to evapotranspiration. The total water...