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1. (n.) tuberculosis
an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, esp. the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles.
2. tuberculosis
this disease when affecting the lungs.
Etymology: (1740–50)
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| Definition of 'tuberculosis' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tuberculosis, TB, T.B.
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)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tuberculosis
a constitutional disease characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary consumption
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| Definition of 'tuberculosis' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. tuberculosis
Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM.
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Sense: (often abbreviated toTB
He suffers from / has tuberculosis.
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 Afrikaans: tuberkulose |
 Arabic: مَرَض السِّل |
 Bulgarian: туберкулоза |
 Brazilian: tuberculose |
 Czech: tuberkulóza |
 German: die Tuberkulose |
 Danish: tuberkulose |
 Greek: φυματίωση |
 Spanish: tuberculosis |
 Estonian: tiisikus |
 Farsi: سل |
 Finnish: tuberkuloosi |
 French: tuberculose |
 Hebrew: שַחֶפֶת |
 Hindi: क्षयरोग |
 Croatian: tuberkuloza, sušica |
 Hungarian: tuberkolózis |
 Indonesian: penyakit paru |
 Icelandic: berklar |
 Italian: tubercolosi |
 Japanese: 結核 |
 Korean: 결핵 |
 Lithuanian: tuberkuliozė, džiova |
 Latvian: tuberkuloze |
 Malay: batuk kering |
 Dutch: tuberculose |
 Norwegian: tuberkulose |
 Polish: gruźlica |
 Persian: سل |
 Pashto: نری رنځ |
 Portuguese: tuberculose |
 Romanian: tuberculoză |
 Russian: туберкулёз |
 Slovak: tuberkulóza |
 Slovenian: tuberkuloza |
 Serbian: tuberkuloza |
 Swedish: tuberkulos |
 Thai: วัณโรค |
 Turkish: verem, tüberküloz |
 Taiwanese: 肺結核(TB) |
 Ukrainian: туберкульоз |
 Urdu: ٹي بي، دق، سل |
 Vietnamese: bệnh lao |
 Chinese: 肺结核（TB） |
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