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consumptive

English

  1. 🔊 tending to consume or use often wastefully
    “water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses”
  2. 🔊 afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
    “a consumptive patient”
  3. 🔊 a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

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