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}]