t]b] (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *T.B.*:
NOUN	state	T.B., tuberculosis, 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 / stages)

English > *T.B.*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	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 / stages).
Synonyms	tuberculosis, TB
Narrower	Pott's disease	TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
	lupus vulgaris	tuberculosis of the skin
	miliary tuberculosis	Acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)
	pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague	Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
	scrofula, struma, king's evil	A form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
Broader	infectious disease	A disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
Spanish	TB, tisis, tuberculosis
Catalan	tuberculosi, tuberculosis

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