English
Detailed Synonyms for white plague in English
white plague:
white plague [the ~] nom
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the white plague
– an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) 1 -
the white plague
– involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body 1the consumption; the phthisis; the wasting disease; the white plague; the pulmonary tuberculosis– involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body 1