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consumptive 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/kənˈsəm(p)tiv/,
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Affected with a wasting disease, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis,
  1. Affected with a wasting disease, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis
    • - from birth he was sickly and consumptive
  2. Of or relating to the using up of resources
    • - tourism represents an insidious form of consumptive activity
Noun
  1. A person with a wasting disease, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis

  1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  2. tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires"
  3. Tuberculosis or TB (short for tubercles bacillus) is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. ...
  4. Any human activity involving salmonid's that induces mortality.
  5. the use of any resource in a way that harvests and destroys it
  6. Total amount of water taken up by vegetation for transpiration or building of plant tissue, plus the unavoidable evaporation of soil moisture, snow, and intercepted precipitation associated with vegetal growth.
  7. poitrinaire / tuberculeux