noun

tuberculosis

tuberculosis, TB

Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.

Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.

She was diagnosed with tuberculosis last year.

She was diagnosed with tuberculosis last year.

to be diagnosed with tuberculosis to be identified by a doctor as having the disease She was diagnosed with tuberculosis last year.

consumption (archaic term)

From Latin 'tuberculum' (small swelling) + '-osis' (diseased condition), as the bacteria cause small swellings (tubercles) in the lungs.

Think of 'tube' + 'bacillus' (a type of bacteria). The disease often affects the bronchial tubes. The abbreviation is TB.

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