Consumptive - Definition
consumptive
adj 1: tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water
suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties
consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
[ant: generative, productive]
2: afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a
consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
n 1: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: consumptive,
lunger, tubercular]