Home › Words › P › poitrinairepoitrinairepoitrinaire means someone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.EtymologyFrom French poitrinaire, from poitrine (“chest”).nounSomeone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.consumptive 65% match — Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful. vs poitrinaire →phthisiophobia 60% match — A morbid fear of tuberculosis. vs poitrinaire →phthisicky 60% match — Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing. vs poitrinaire →phthisis 58% match — An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. vs poitrinaire →phthisiology 56% match — The care, treatment, and study of tuberculosis of the lung. vs poitrinaire →pneumotyphus 56% match — typhous pneumonia vs poitrinaire →phthitic 55% match — Of, relating to, or characterised by phthisis. vs poitrinaire →consumpted 55% match — Suffering from tuberculosis (consumption). vs poitrinaire →