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Meaning of poitrinaire | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Someone suffering from tuberculosis, or a similar lung disease.

literary

Equivalents

Français poitrinaire poitrinaire

Examples

“His dry cough and eternal light fever spoke of tuberculosis; indeed his whole physiognomy was that of the old traditional poitrinaire, and he had once been placed in a sanatorium where they had collapsed a lung to let it mend.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

poitrinal poitrine poiuyt poiverade poivoit poivrade

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