0%

white plague

white plague
W w

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwahyt, wahyt pleyg]
    • /ʰwaɪt, waɪt pleɪg/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwahyt, wahyt pleyg]
    • /ʰwaɪt, waɪt pleɪg/

Definitions of white plague words

  • noun white plague tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis. 1
  • noun white plague tuberculosis of the lungs 0
  • noun white plague tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs 0
  • noun white plague tuberculosis, especially of the lungs. 0
See all 4 definitions of white plague

Information block about the term

Origin of white plague

First appearance:

before 1865
One of the 28% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1865-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for White plague

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of White plague

white plague popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

white plague usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?