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) (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB

• Derivationally related forms: ↑tubercular (for: ↑tuberculosis)

• Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease

• Hyponyms:

↑Pott's disease, ↑miliary tuberculosis, ↑pulmonary tuberculosis, ↑consumption, ↑phthisis, ↑wasting disease, ↑white plague, ↑scrofula, ↑struma, ↑king's evil, ↑lupus vulgaris

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1. trial balance.

2. tubercle bacillus.

3. tuberculosis.

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t.b.,

1. trial balance.

2. tubercle bacillus.

3. Informal. tuberculosis of the lungs.

Tb (no period),

terbium (chemical element).

TB (no periods) or T.B.,

Informal. tuberculosis of the lungs.

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abbr.

■ trial balance