consumptive


consumptive (http://definr.com/consumptive)

     adj 1: tending to consume or use often wastefully; "water suitable
            for beneficial consumptive uses"; "duties consumptive
            of time and energy"; "consumptive fires" [ant: generative]
     2: afflicted with or or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis;
        "a consumptive patient"; "a consumptive cough"
     n : a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: lunger]