Consumptive

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp. A long consumptive war. Addison.

2. Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.