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Synonyms for tuberculosis
tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ-tu·ber·cu·lo·sis

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. tuberculosisnoun

    Synonyms:
    phthisic, consumption, TB

  2. tuberculosisnoun

    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 WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "tuberculosis":

    tb, anti-tuberculosis, tbc, t.b.

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tuberculosis

    Synonyms:
    Consumption (in part), phthisis (in part)

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#13060tuberculosis
#26037tbc
#59942terabyte
#174172terbium
#194682terabit

How to use tuberculosis in a sentence?

  1. Fahimeh Sasan:

    For example, rifampicin and rifabutin which can be used to treat or prevent diseases including tuberculosis and meningitis.

  2. Paul LePage:

    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.

  3. Tom Skinner:

    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.

  4. Joyce Vaghela:

    One of the things overlooked when it comes to curbing tuberculosis is the mental health problems of patients.

  5. Juliet Nalumu:

    I became very sick. They had to carry me to the hospital. I had tuberculosis and I was very wasted.


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