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Detailed Synonyms for tuberculosis in English

tuberculosis:

tuberculosis [the ~] nom

  1. the tuberculosis
    the tuberculosis; the phthisis; the consumption of the lungs; the T.B.; the pulmonary consumption
  2. the tuberculosis
    – infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) 1
    the tuberculosis; the T.B.; the TB
    – infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) 1

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Related Definitions for "tuberculosis":

  1. infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)1

Related Synonyms for tuberculosis