Entry: consumptive (n. and adj.)
In context: "It was hard to pinpoint anything wrong or consumptive."
Definition: Characteristic, symptomatic, or suggestive of the disease consumption; associated with or accompanying consumption. Now chiefly hist.
Other: but also:
A medicinal agent used to reduce or eliminate morbid humours or diseased tissue.
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Page: 639
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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