consumptive

An old-fashioned adjective primarily used to describe someone suffering from tuberculosis (consumption) or, more broadly, something that consumes or wastes away.

• 🌐صفة تشير إلى الشخص المصاب بالسل (الدرن) أو المستهلك، وتُستخدم أيضًا مجازًا لوصف ما يستهلك أو يستنزف الموارد أو الصحة.

1. Wasteful or destructive consumption C1 formal

   Tending to consume or use something, often in a wasteful or excessive manner.

   • The consumptive habits of modern society are depleting natural resources.
   • His consumptive lifestyle left him with little savings.
   • The factory's consumptive use of water was criticized by environmentalists.

   🌐مُسْرِف

   المرادفات: excessiveextravagantprodigalprofligatewasteful

   الأضداد: conservativeeconomicalfrugalsparingthrifty

2. Related to tuberculosis C2 formal medical

   Afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease that causes wasting of the body.

   • The consumptive patient was admitted to the sanatorium for treatment.
   • In the 19th century, consumptive illnesses were often romanticized in literature.
   • The doctor diagnosed him with a consumptive condition affecting his lungs.

   🌐سُلِّيّ

   المرادفات: hectictuberculartuberculous

• more consumptive comparative form
• most consumptive superlative form

A noun referring to a person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease that causes wasting of the body.

• 🌐اسم يطلق على الشخص المصاب بمرض السل الرئوي، وهو مرض معدٍ يسبب الهزال والضعف العام في الجسم.

1. Person with tuberculosis C2 formal medical

   A person who suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis, a disease that causes wasting of the body.

   • The sanatorium housed many consumptives in the early 20th century.
   • He was diagnosed as a consumptive and sent to a mountain clinic.
   • Consumptives were often isolated to prevent the spread of infection.

   🌐مصاب بالسل

   المرادفات: lungertubercular

• consumptives plural form
• consumptives' possessive plural form
• consumptive's possessive singular form