consumptive

Meanings

Noun

• a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

Adjective

• tending to consume or use often wastefully
  • "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"
  • "duties consumptive of time and energy"
  • "consumptive fires"

Adjective Satellite

• afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • "a consumptive patient"
  • "a consumptive cough"

Synonyms

lunger, tubercular

Antonyms

generative