Medical Definition of Phthisis. Phthisis: A good trivia or crossword item. An over-consonanted Greek word meaning a dwindling or wasting away.. Pronounced TIE-sis. Phthisis is an archaic name for tuberculosis. A person afflicted with tuberculosis in the 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..
Food poisoning symptoms vary with the source of contamination. Most types of food poisoning cause one or more of the following signs and symptoms: 1  Nausea. 2  Vomiting. 3  Watery diarrhea. 4  Abdominal pain and cramps. 5  Fever.
Symptoms of chicken food poisoning. The period of time from when the contaminated food is eaten to when the symptoms appear is called the âincubation periodâ. In most cases of food poisoning the symptoms appear between 24 and 48 hours. These include: Fever. Abdominal pains. Upset stomach.