Tuberculosis

Noun

 * 1)  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

 * phthisic
 * consumption
 * TB

Derived terms

 * miliary tuberculosis
 * pulmonary tuberculosis
 * MDR-TB
 * XDR-TB

Related terms

 * Mtb

Verbs for Tuberculosis
allay—; check—; combat—; contract—; convey—; diagnose as—; predispose to—; succumb to—; tend toward—; wipe out—; — blasts; —blights; —decimates; —devours; —eats; —impairs; —infects; —moulders; —ravages; —saps; —scathes; —taints; — taxes; —undermines; —wastes.

Thesaurus
African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, TB, acute articular rheumatism, aerogenic tuberculosis, ague, alkali disease, ambulatory plague, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black death, black fever, black plague, blackwater fever, breakbone fever, brucellosis, bubonic plague, cachectic fever, cellulocutaneous plague, cerebral rheumatism, cerebral tuberculosis, chicken pox, cholera, colliquation, consumption, cowpox, dandy fever, deer fly fever, defervescing plague, dengue, dengue fever, diphtheria, disseminated tuberculosis, dumdum fever, dysentery, elephantiasis, encephalitis lethargica, enteric fever, epidemic, epiphytotic, epizootic, erysipelas, famine fever, five-day fever, flu, frambesia, glandular fever, glandular plague, grippe, hansenosis, hemorrhagic plague, hepatitis, herpes, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, histoplasmosis, hookworm, hydrophobia, infantile paralysis, infectious mononucleosis, inflammatory rheumatism, influenza, jail fever, jungle rot, kala azar, kissing disease, larval plague, lepra, leprosy, leptospirosis, loa loa, loaiasis, lockjaw, lupus vulgaris, madness, malaria, malarial fever, marsh fever, measles, meningitis, milzbrand, mumps, murrain, ornithosis, osteomyelitis, pandemia, pandemic, paratyphoid fever, parotitis, parrot fever, pertussis, pest, pesthole, pestilence, phthisis, plague, plague spot, pneumonia, pneumonic plague, polio, poliomyelitis, polyarthritis rheumatism, ponos, premonitory plague, psittacosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, rabbit fever, rabies, rat-bite fever, relapsing fever, rheumatic fever, rickettsialpox, ringworm, rubella, rubeola, scarlatina, scarlet fever, schistosomiasis, scourge, scrofula, scrofuloderma, septic sore throat, septicemic plague, shingles, siderating plague, sleeping sickness, sleepy sickness, smallpox, snail fever, splenic fever, spotted fever, strep throat, swamp fever, tetanus, thrush, tinea, trench fever, trench mouth, tuberculosis cutis, tuberculosis luposa, tuberculous meningitis, tularemia, typhoid, typhoid fever, typhus, typhus fever, undulant fever, vaccinia, varicella, variola, venereal disease, viral dysentery, white plague, whooping cough, yaws, yellow fever, yellow jack, zona, zoster

Etymology
Latin tuberculum (diminutive of tuber, lump) + -osis (diseased condition).

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Bosnian:, grudobolja
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 * Mandarin: 結核, 结核
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 結核
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 * Russian:, чахотка
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 * Cyrillic:, грудобоља, сушица
 * Roman:, grudobolja, sušica , jektika
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tuberculos
 * Turkish: tüberküloz,
 * Vietnamese: bệnh lao
 * Volapük: ftisid