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

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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

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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

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1. List of paraphrases for "tuberculosis":

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

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1. tuberculosis

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

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1. Marc Sprenger:

   At the current pace of an annual 6 percent decline, the EU/EEA will only be free of tuberculosis in the next century.

2. Fahimeh Sasan:

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

3. Keertan Dheda:

   The absolute reduction in mortality was small at 4 percent, but with 300,000 patients with HIV dying from TB in Africa every year, implementing this low-cost, rapid, bedside test could potentially save thousands of lives annually, the reduction in mortality is likely to be because urine testing, in conjunction with routine testing, resulted in a greater proportion of patients starting tuberculosis treatment early.

4. 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.

5. Frederick Sarpong:

   They will come to the hospital ... coughing up blood, you might think it's tuberculosis, but actually this is mercury poisoning.