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Definition of pulmonary consumption

pulmonary consumption
Consumption Con*sump"tion (?; 215), n. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.] 1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction. Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. --Burke. 2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay. 3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.

Meaning of pulmonary consumption from wikipedia

- to the familiar. Phthisis (Φθισις) is a Gr**** word for consumption, an old term for pulmonary tuberculosis; around 460 BCE, Hippocrates described phthisis...
- important Egyptian medical treatise from around 1550 BC, describes a pulmonary consumption ****ociated with the cervical lymph nodes. It recommended that it...
- fetishism (also known as capnolagnia) is a ****ual fetish based on the pulmonary consumption (smoking) of tobacco, most often via cigarettes, cigars, cannabis...
- 1836 and later published his essay "On the Treatment and Cure of Pulmonary Consumption" in 1840. His novel approach was dismissed as "very crude ideas...
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation...
- the Cretaceous Group of the United States and Illustrations of Pulmonary Consumption in 1834. His first medical essay, on the use of cornine in intermittent...
- bronchopulmonary segments and pulmonary lobules. The lungs have a unique blood supply, receiving deoxygenated blood from the heart in the pulmonary circulation for...
- Herald carried the simple obituary: "On Sa****ay, the 30th ult., of pulmonary consumption, in the 25th year of her age, VIRGINIA ELIZA, wife of EDGAR A. POE...
- Risk factors for pneumonia include cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sickle cell disease, asthma, diabetes, heart failure,...
- systemic oxygen consumption / (Pulmonary Vein oxygen content - Mixed Venous oxygen content) Qp = pulmonary oxygen consumption / (Pulmonary Artery oxygen...