"t.b." | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
subtypes:
- pott's disease - TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
- miliary tuberculosis - acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)
- consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
- king's evil, scrofula, struma - a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
- lupus vulgaris - tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars
same as: tb, tuberculosis