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Synonyms for tuberculosis
tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ-tu·ber·cu·lo·sis
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Wiktionary
tuberculosisnoun
Synonyms:
phthisic, consumption, TBtuberculosisnoun
An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.
Synonyms:
TB, consumption, phthisic
Princeton's WordNet
tuberculosis, TB, T.B.noun
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)
Synonyms:
atomic number 65, terbium, terabyte, terabit, tebibyte
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Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
tuberculosis
Synonyms:
Consumption (in part), phthisis (in part)
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3885 | consumption | |
#8042 | tb | |
#13060 | tuberculosis | |
#26037 | tbc | |
#59942 | terabyte | |
#174172 | terbium | |
#194682 | terabit |
How to use tuberculosis in a sentence?
For example, rifampicin and rifabutin which can be used to treat or prevent diseases including tuberculosis and meningitis.
Asylum seekers, I think the biggest problem in our state, and I'll explain that to you, what happens is you get hepatitis C, tuberculosis, AIDS, HIV, the 'ziki fly,' all these other foreign type of diseases that find a way to our land.
This is a very serious illness, but it's difficult to transmit, you have to have prolonged close contact with someone with active tuberculosis to get it.
One of the things overlooked when it comes to curbing tuberculosis is the mental health problems of patients.
I became very sick. They had to carry me to the hospital. I had tuberculosis and I was very wasted.
Translations for tuberculosis
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- مر, سلArabic
- туберкулозаBulgarian
- tuberculosiCatalan, Valencian
- tuberkulózaCzech
- twbercwlosisWelsh
- tuberkuloseDanish
- TuberkuloseGerman
- φυματίωσηGreek
- tuberkulozoEsperanto
- tuberculosisSpanish
- سلPersian
- tuberkuloosiFinnish
- tuberklar, tuberklasjúka, bróstsjúkaFaroese
- tuberculoseFrench
- caitheamhScottish Gaelic
- tuberculoseGalician
- שחפתHebrew
- यक्ष्माHindi
- tuberkulózisHungarian
- թոքախտ, պալարախտ, տուբերկուլյոզArmenian
- berklarIcelandic
- tubercolosiItalian
- 結核Japanese
- 결핵Korean
- pla gwynnCornish
- туберкулозаMacedonian
- tuberkulosis, batuk keringMalay
- tuberculoseDutch
- jéíʼádįįhNavajo, Navaho
- tuberculòsiOccitan
- gruźlica, suchoty, tuberkulozaPolish
- tuberculosePortuguese
- tuberculozăRomanian
- чахотка, туберкулёзRussian
- यक्ष्मा, क्षयरोगSanskrit
- сушица, tuberkuloza, туберкулоза, sušica, grudobolja, jektika, грудобољаSerbo-Croatian
- tuberkulózaSlovak
- tuberkuloza, jetikaSlovene
- tuberkulosSwedish
- verem, tüberkülozTurkish
- يكشماUrdu
- bệnh laoVietnamese
- ftisidVolapük
- 肺结核Chinese
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