Synonyms for pulmonary tuberculosis

Synonyms for (noun) pulmonary tuberculosis

Synonyms: phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, wasting disease, white plague

Definition: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Similar words: tuberculosis, T.B., TB

Definition: 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)


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