tuberculosis
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3.7
- noun
- /tjuːˌbɜːrkjʊˈloʊsɪs/
- Specialized
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tuberculosis
- Many patients with tuberculosis experience severe coughing and fatigue.
- tuberculosis (TB)
- smear-positive tuberculosis
- pulmonary tuberculosis
It was an infectious disease outbreak in Ethiopia, tuberculosis, tuberculosis.
- It was an infectious disease outbreak in Ethiopia, tuberculosis, tuberculosis.
Examples
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At 5:00 p.m., March 7, 1934, Jesse died of "tuberculosis of the lungs."
Academic text (1990) -
The administration fought disease, becoming the largest donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Academic text (2011) -
So we had all these community members that themselves were dying of tuberculosis while on treatment.
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During those years, I spent my time in a hospital for tuberculosis patients and in a veterans' hospital.
Fiction book (1999) -
The value of programs to control pulmonary tuberculosis in developing countries remains the subject of debate.
Academic text (1992) -
He discovered the vaccine for tuberculosis.
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The mother had tuberculosis.
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In Europe and Central Asia, incarceration rates explain population increases in tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
Academic text (2011) -
"Back then," he'd tell me with what sounded like pride, "tuberculosis wasn't something a couple of pills would cure."
Fiction book (1996) -
He died of tuberculosis.
Synonyms
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A serious disease that usually affects the lungs but can also affect other body parts
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4.9
A serious lung disease that causes a long cough and makes you lose weight
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A lung disease that makes the body thin and often causes death
A serious disease you can catch that usually affects the lungs
A lung disease that slowly makes the body thin and weak
Compounds
- Specialized
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A bacterium that causes tuberculosis in people and some animals
- Specialized
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4.9
A serious lung disease that causes a long cough and makes you lose weight
- Specialized
A serious disease in which tuberculosis germs spread through the blood and make many tiny spots in the body
How Similar
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tuberculosis comes from the Latin root tuber, meaning 'swelling', and the ending -osis, meaning 'condition'. Doctors used this name because the disease makes small lumps in the lungs, so tuberculosis is a 'condition of swellings'. Think of a potato, which is a tuber, to help you remember.