consumptive

Adjective
  1. Tending to consume or use often wastefully (synset 301873452)
    "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
    similar to: exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive - tending to exploit or make use of
  2. Afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis (synset 302554206)
    "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
    similar to: ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Noun
  1. A person with pulmonary tuberculosis (synset 109979480)
    is a type of: diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
    same as: lunger, tubercular

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