Chapter Phrensy to Physical of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Phthiriasis
(||Phthi*ri"a*sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. louse.] (Med.) A disease (morbus pediculous) consisting in the excessive multiplication of lice on the human body.

Phthisic
(Phthis"ic) n. Same as Phthisis.

Phthisical
(Phthis"ic*al) a. [L. phthisicus, Gr. : cf. F. phthisique. See Phthisis.] Of or pertaining to phthisis; affected with phthisis; wasting; consumptive.

Phthisicky
(Phthis"ick*y) a. Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.

Phthisiology
(Phthis`i*ol"o*gy) n. [Phthisis + -logy.] (Med.) A treatise on phthisis. Dunglison.

Phthisipneumonia
(||Phthis`ip*neu*mo"ni*a) Phthisipneumony
(Phthis`ip*neu"mo*ny) n. [NL. See Phthisis, Pneumonia.] (Med.) Pulmonary consumption.

Phthisis
(Phthi"sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. to pass or waste away: cf. F. phthisie.] (Med.) A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption.

Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.

Phthongal
(Phthon"gal) a. Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; — said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc.

Phthongal
(Phthon"gal), n. A vocalized element or letter.

Phthongometer
(Phthon*gom"e*ter) n. [Gr. voice + -meter.] An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. Whewell.

Phthor
(Phthor) n. [F. phthore, Gr. to destroy.] (Old Chem.) Fluorine. [Written also phthor.]

Phycite
(Phy"cite) n. (Chem.) See Erythrite, 1.

Phycochrome
(Phy"co*chrome) n. [Gr. seaweed + color.] (Bot.) A bluish green coloring matter of certain algæ.

Phycocyanin
(Phy`co*cy"a*nin Phy`co*cy"a*nine) n. cyanin.]—> A blue coloring matter found in certain algæ.

Phycoerythrin
(Phy`co*e*ryth"rin Phy`co*e*ryth"rine) n. [Gr. seaweed + E. erythrin, - ine.] A red coloring matter found in algæ of the subclass Florideæ.

Phycography
(Phy*cog"ra*phy) n. [Gr. seaweed + -graphy.] A description of seaweeds.

Phycology
(Phy*col"o*gy) n. [Gr. seaweed + -logy.] The science of algæ, or seaweeds; algology.

Phycomater
(||Phy`co*ma"ter) n. [NL., fr. Gr. seaweed + L. mater mother.] (Bot.) A gelatin in which the algæ spores have been supposed to vegetate.

Phycophæine
(Phy`co*phæ"ine) n. [Gr. seaweed + dusky.] A brown coloring matter found in certain algæ.

Phycoxanthin
(Phy`co*xan"thin Phy`co*xan"thine) n. A yellowish coloring matter found in certain algæ.

Phylacter
(Phy*lac"ter) n. A phylactery. Sandys.

Phylactered
(Phy*lac"tered) a. Wearing a phylactery.