ALL meanings of tuberculosis
tu·ber·cu·lo·sis
T t - noun tuberculosis an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and characterized by tubercles. 1
- noun tuberculosis this disease when affecting the lungs; pulmonary phthisis; consumption. 1
- noun tuberculosis any disease caused by a mycobacterium. 1
- noun tuberculosis infectious disease, esp. of lungs 1
- uncountable noun tuberculosis Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease that affects someone's lungs and other parts of their body. The abbreviation TB is also used. 0
- noun tuberculosis a communicable disease caused by infection with the tubercle bacillus, most frequently affecting the lungs (pulmonary tuberculosis) 0
- noun tuberculosis an infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles in various tissues of the body; specif., tuberculosis of the lungs; pulmonary phthisis 0