Overview of noun consumptive

The noun consumptive has 1 sense

• consumptive, lunger, tubercular -- (a person with pulmonary tuberculosis)

Overview of adj consumptive

The adj consumptive has 2 senses

• consumptive -- (tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive of time and energy"; "consumptive fires")


• consumptive -- (afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis; "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough")