tísico

See also: tisico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• phthisico (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin phthisicus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.zi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.zi.ku/

• Hyphenation: tí‧si‧co

Adjective

tísico (feminine tísica, masculine plural tísicos, feminine plural tísicas)

1. who suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis
2. (by extension, of a person) physically frail

Noun

tísico m (plural tísicos, feminine tísica, feminine plural tísicas)

1. someone who suffers from pulmonary tuberculosis
2. a physically frail person

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ptisico (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin phthisicus, from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtisiko/ [ˈt̪i.si.ko]
• Rhymes: -isiko
• Syllabification: tí‧si‧co

Adjective

tísico (feminine tísica, masculine plural tísicos, feminine plural tísicas)

1. phthisic (suffering from a wasting disease)

Noun

tísico m (plural tísicos, feminine tísica, feminine plural tísicas)

1. a phthisic individual
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 242:

     El agárico blanco es un hongo que se emplea mucho en medicina para combatir el sudor nocturno de los tísicos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• tísica
• tisis

Further reading

• “tísico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10