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Synonyms for tuberculosis in English

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tuberculosis:
- tuberculosis; phthisis; consumption of the lungs; T.B.; pulmonary consumption; TB

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Detailed Synonyms for tuberculosis in English

tuberculosis:

tuberculosis [the ~] noun

the tuberculosis
the tuberculosis; the phthisis; the consumption of the lungs; the T.B.; the pulmonary consumption
- tuberculosis [the ~] noun
- phthisis [the ~] noun
- consumption of the lungs [the ~] noun
- T.B. [the ~] noun
- pulmonary consumption [the ~] noun
the tuberculosis

– 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) ¹
the tuberculosis; the T.B.; the 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) ¹
- tuberculosis [the ~] noun
- T.B. [the ~] noun
- TB [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "tuberculosis":

TB; T.B.; infectious disease

Related Definitions for "tuberculosis":

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)¹

Related Synonyms for tuberculosis

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