What does "tb" mean?
Tuberculosis.
Tb
/ˌtiːˈbi/ name, noun, symbol, slang
name, noun, symbol, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Tuberculosis.
- Grammar: tb is listed as name, noun, symbol, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: terabyte, tuberculosis, atomic number 65, consumption.
- Useful contrasts: bit, byte, health.
- Usage evidence: Experts say TB is a preventable disease.
How to use "tb"
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Meaning check
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Source and review context
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Tuberculosis. countable, uncountable
- 2 Abbreviation of throwback (“something that evokes memories”). Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
"tb to when we would meet up for sushi every weekend"
- 3 a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes wordnet
- 4 Initialism of total bases. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes wordnet
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- 6 Abbreviation of throwback. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 7 a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits wordnet
- 8 Initialism of torpedo boat. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 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) wordnet
- 10 Initialism of torpedo bomber. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite wordnet
- 12 Initialism of trainer bomber (“a bomber that also serves as a trainer aircraft”). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of teen baby. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Symbol
- 1 Abbreviation of terabyte. abbreviation, alt-of, formal
- 2 Abbreviation of Tbit. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 Abbreviation of tebibyte. abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Tampa Bay: a bay of Florida, United States, on which are located the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Experts say TB is a preventable disease."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "tb"?
Common synonyms include: terabyte, tuberculosis, atomic number 65, consumption, exasperate, silver.
How do you use "tb" in a sentence?
Experts say TB is a preventable disease.
How do you pronounce "tb"?
Pronounced /ˌtiːˈbi/.