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Nouns
1. (n.) consumptive, lunger, tubercular;
  - a person with pulmonary tuberculosis;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) consumptive;
  - tending to consume or use often wastefully;
  - “water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses”; “duties consumptive of time and energy”; “consumptive fires”;

2. (adj.) consumptive;
  - afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis;
  - “a consumptive patient”; “a consumptive cough”;

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