Phthisis:A good trivia or crossword item. An over-consonanted Greek word meaning "a dwindling orwastingaway." Pronounced TIE-sis.
Phthisis是一个古老的名字吗tuberculosis. A person afflicted with tuberculosisinthe old days was destined to dwindle and waste away like Mimi, the heroine of Puccini's 1896 opera "La Boheme."
Nephronophthisis is derived from "nephron" + "phthisis." The nephron is the fundamental functional unit in thekidneyand includes therenaltubuleandglomerulus. In nephronophthisis the kidney is progressively destroyed.
