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tuberculosis

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tuberculosis.

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Quick take

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of tuberculosis gathered in one view.

noun

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for tuberculosis.

noun

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.

Example sentences

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The three winners from our competition last year were tuberculosis testing, biodiesel from trap grease, and college admissions...surprise surprise.

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More significantly, she died in 1945, when the first drug that could touch tuberculosis was still in the very early experimental stage.

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This type of collaboration is crucial to research on under-funded diseases like Tuberculosis and Malaria and also provides a strategic, competitive advantage in commercial markets.

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The news about better treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis is huge.

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Government has increased spending on Tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment.

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Most people who died in childhood in the past died because of diseases that had absolutely nothing to do with intellect - typhoid, tuberculosis, cholera, diptheria etc.

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The drug resistant tuberculosis is already here so we have to solve it.

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Similarly, there were a large number of tuberculosis organization.

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Certainly, tuberculosis organizations did wonderful things.

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My grandfather's knee mended eventually well enough for him to work, and he died of tuberculosis at the age of 56, ten years before I was born.

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As much as it pains me to disagree with Borges, Kafka had already burnt almost 90% of his unpublished work [1] before his health declined due to starvation from a then untreatable laryngeal tuberculosis.

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The story goes that he was so frustrated with the fake Zen masters in Japan at the time, that he sat on a mountain top until he first achieved tuberculosis and almost achieved starvation.

Quote examples

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It said, “Biopsy shows tuberculosis of the lymphatic gland.” That really got me.

2

The doctor was admonished for his behavior and for "making the patient feel uncomfortable" and was brushed off, even though he was on the right track and would have diagnosed the tuberculosis sooner.

3

Otherwise, I would have suggested it right off, and perhaps the doctor would have diagnosed Arlene’s disease way back then as “tuberculosis of the lymphatic gland—?” I was a dope.

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In the book "What do you care what other people think?" there's a story where Feynman had a good idea that his wife might be suffering from tuberculosis, but he restrained himself from saying anything because the symptoms were so simple and obvious that he figured the doctors had already ruled out tuberculosis as a possibility.

Proper noun examples

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More famously, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, after the TB treatment discovery, became the American Lung Association.

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The Saranac Laboratory for the Study of Tuberculosis, for example, became the Trudeau Sanatorium, which then closed when an effective TB treatment was discovered.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use tuberculosis in a sentence?

The three winners from our competition last year were tuberculosis testing, biodiesel from trap grease, and college admissions...surprise surprise.

What does tuberculosis mean?

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.

What part of speech is tuberculosis?

tuberculosis is commonly used as noun.