tuberculosis (n)
TB (n)
T.B. (n)

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type n
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def 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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Hypernym infectious disease
Derivationally related form tuberculosis → tubercular; tuberculosis → tubercular; tuberculosis → tubercular
Hyponym Pott's disease; miliary tuberculosis; pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague; scrofula, struma, king's evil; lupus vulgaris
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Derivationally related form tubercular → tuberculosis; tubercular → tuberculosis; tubercular → tuberculosis
Pertainym (pertains to noun) tubercular → tuberculosis; tuberculoid → tuberculosis
Hyponym infectious disease
Hypernym Pott's disease; miliary tuberculosis; pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague; scrofula, struma, king's evil; lupus vulgaris

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