Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.
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Tuberculosis
//tjuːˌbɜː(ɹ)kjʊˈləʊsɪs//
Synonyms for "tuberculosis" (173 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (52)
denguedengue feverdiphtheriadisseminated tuberculosisdumdum feverdysenteryelephantiasisencephalitis lethargicaenteric feverepidemicepiphytoticepizooticerysipelasfamine feverfive-day feverfluframbesiagerman measlesglandular feverglandular plague
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grippehansenosishaverhill feverhemorrhagic plaguehepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhistoplasmosishookwormhydrophobiainfantile paralysisinfectious mononucleosisinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzajail feverjungle rotkala azarkissing diseaselarval plaguelepraleprosyleptospirosisloa loaloaiasislockjawlupus vulgarismadnessmalariamalarial fevermarsh fevermeasles
Related words (86)
meningitismilzbrandmumpsmurrainornithosisosteomyelitispandemiapandemicparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpertussispestpestholepestilencephthisicphthisisplagueplague spotpneumonia
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pneumonic plaguepoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponospremonitory plaguepsittacosispulmonary tuberculosisrabbit feverrabiesrat-bite feverrelapsing feverrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisscourgescrofulascrofulodermaseptic sore throatsepticemic plagueshinglessiderating plaguesleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatswamp fevertetanusthrushtineatrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosis cutistuberculosis luposatuberculous meningitistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverundulant fevervacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenterywhite plaguewhooping coughyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
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160 translations across 94 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- ndishk noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkuloz noun (infectious disease)
Arabic
2 entries- سل noun (infectious disease)
- سُلّ noun (infectious disease)
Aramaic
3 entries- שַׁחְפּוּתָא noun (infectious disease)
- שחפיתה noun (infectious disease)
- ܫܢܵܩܵܐ noun (infectious disease)
Armenian
3 entries- թոքախտ noun (infectious disease)
- պալարախտ noun (infectious disease)
- տուբերկուլյոզ noun (infectious disease)
Asturian
1 entries- tuberculosis noun (infectious disease)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- vərəm noun (infectious disease)
Belarusian
2 entries- сухо́ты noun (infectious disease)
- туберкулёз noun (infectious disease)
Bulgarian
1 entries- туберкуло́за noun (infectious disease)
Catalan
1 entries- tuberculosi noun (infectious disease)
Cebuano
2 entries- itika noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkulosis noun (infectious disease)
Central Atlas Tamazight
1 entries- ⵜⵓⵔⵉⵏ noun (infectious disease)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- بِنێس noun (infectious disease)
- دەردەباریکە noun (infectious disease)
- سیل noun (infectious disease)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᎬᎲᎣᎵᏗ noun (infectious disease)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 肺癆 /肺痨 noun (infectious disease)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 結核 /结核 noun (infectious disease)
- 結核病 /结核病 noun (infectious disease)
- 肺結核 /肺结核 noun (infectious disease)
Cornish
1 entries- pla gwynn noun (infectious disease)
Czech
3 entries- souchotiny noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkulóza noun (infectious disease)
- úbytě noun (infectious disease)
Danish
1 entries- tuberkulose noun (infectious disease)
Dutch
3 entries- tbc noun (infectious disease)
- tering noun (infectious disease)
- tuberculose noun (infectious disease)
Esperanto
1 entries- tuberkulozo noun (infectious disease)
Faroese
3 entries- bróstsjúka noun (infectious disease)
- tuberklar noun (infectious disease)
- tuberklasjúka noun (infectious disease)
Finnish
2 entries- keuhkotuberkuloosi noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkuloosi noun (infectious disease)
French
1 entries- tuberculose noun (infectious disease)
Galician
1 entries- tuberculose noun (infectious disease)
German
1 entries- Tuberkulose noun (infectious disease)
Greek
1 entries- φυματίωση noun (infectious disease)
Gujarati
4 entries- ક્ષય noun (infectious disease)
- ક્ષયરોગ noun (infectious disease)
- ઘાસણી noun (infectious disease)
- યક્ષ્મા noun (infectious disease)
Hebrew
1 entries- שחפת noun (infectious disease)
Hindi
4 entries- काली खाँसी noun (infectious disease)
- क्षयी noun (infectious disease)
- तपेदिक noun (infectious disease)
- तपेदिक़ noun (infectious disease)
Hungarian
1 entries- tuberkulózis noun (infectious disease)
Icelandic
1 entries- berklar noun (infectious disease)
Ilocano
2 entries- daig noun (infectious disease)
- sarut noun (infectious disease)
Indonesian
1 entries- tuberkulosis noun (infectious disease)
Interlingua
2 entries- tuberculose noun (infectious disease)
- tuberculosis noun (infectious disease)
Irish
2 entries- an eitinn noun (infectious disease)
- créachta noun (infectious disease)
Italian
1 entries- tubercolosi noun (infectious disease)
Japanese
1 entries- 結核 noun (infectious disease)
Kalmyk
1 entries- садв noun (infectious disease)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕ್ಷಯ noun (infectious disease)
Kashubian
2 entries- płëcnô żaba noun (infectious disease)
- sëchòtë noun (infectious disease)
Kazakh
1 entries- туберкулёз noun (infectious disease)
Khmer
1 entries- របេង noun (infectious disease)
Korean
1 entries- 결핵 noun (infectious disease)
Latin
2 entries- phthisis noun (infectious disease)
- tūberculōsis noun (infectious disease)
Lithuanian
2 entries- džiova noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkuliozė noun (infectious disease)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- tuberkuloza noun (infectious disease)
Macedonian
1 entries- туберкулоза noun (infectious disease)
Malay
2 entries- batuk kering noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkulosis noun (infectious disease)
Malayalam
1 entries- ക്ഷയം noun (infectious disease)
Mokilese
1 entries- limengmeng noun (infectious disease)
Mongolian
2 entries- сүръеэ noun (infectious disease)
- ᠰᠦᠷᠢᠶᠡ noun (infectious disease)
Māori
1 entries- mate kohi noun (infectious disease)
Navajo
1 entries- jéíʼádįįh noun (infectious disease)
Nepali
1 entries- क्षयरोग noun (infectious disease)
Newar
1 entries- गंल्वय् noun (infectious disease)
Norman
1 entries- conseunmtion noun (infectious disease)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- jana zirav noun (infectious disease)
- êşa zirav noun (infectious disease)
- êşa zirav noun (infectious disease)
Occitan
1 entries- tuberculòsi noun (infectious disease)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ورم noun (infectious disease)
Palauan
1 entries- haibio noun (infectious disease)
Persian
4 entries- تب استخوانی noun (infectious disease)
- تب دق noun (infectious disease)
- تب لازم noun (infectious disease)
- رنج باریک noun (infectious disease)
Piedmontese
1 entries- tubercolòsi noun (infectious disease)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schwindsucht noun (infectious disease)
Polish
3 entries- gruźlica noun (infectious disease)
- suchoty noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkuloza noun (infectious disease)
Portuguese
1 entries- tuberculose noun (infectious disease)
Romanian
1 entries- tuberculoză noun (infectious disease)
Russian
2 entries- туберкулёз noun (infectious disease)
- чахо́тка noun (infectious disease)
Samaritan Aramaic
1 entries- ࠔࠇࠐࠄ noun (infectious disease)
Samogitian
1 entries- džiuova noun (infectious disease)
Sanskrit
2 entries- क्षयरोग noun (infectious disease)
- यक्ष्मा noun (infectious disease)
Santali
1 entries- ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱸᱥ noun (infectious disease)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- a' chaitheamh noun (infectious disease)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- grudobolja noun (infectious disease)
- jektika noun (infectious disease)
- sušica noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkuloza noun (infectious disease)
Slovak
3 entries- ftíza noun (infectious disease)
- suchoty noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkulóza noun (infectious disease)
Slovene
2 entries- jetika noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkuloza noun (infectious disease)
Southern Kurdish
3 entries- باریکی noun (infectious disease)
- دەردەباریکە noun (infectious disease)
- سڵ noun (infectious disease)
Spanish
1 entries- tuberculosis noun (infectious disease)
Swahili
1 entries- kifua kikuu noun (infectious disease)
Swedish
1 entries- tuberkulos noun (infectious disease)
Tagalog
4 entries- pagkatuyo noun (infectious disease)
- sigam noun (infectious disease)
- tuberkulosis noun (infectious disease)
- tuyo noun (infectious disease)
Tamil
4 entries- என்புருக்கி noun (infectious disease)
- எலும்புருக்கி noun (infectious disease)
- காச நோய் noun (infectious disease)
- காசம் noun (infectious disease)
Telugu
1 entries- క్షయ noun (infectious disease)
Thai
1 entries- วัณโรค noun (infectious disease)
Tibetan
1 entries- གློ་ནད noun (infectious disease)
Tocharian B
1 entries- kṣai noun (infectious disease)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- tibi noun (infectious disease)
- tubakulosis noun (infectious disease)
Turkish
2 entries- tüberküloz noun (infectious disease)
- verem noun (infectious disease)
Ukrainian
1 entries- туберкульо́з noun (infectious disease)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- tuberkuloza noun (infectious disease)
Urdu
1 entries- یکشما noun (infectious disease)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bệnh lao noun (infectious disease)
Volapük
1 entries- ftisid noun (infectious disease)
Welsh
2 entries- diciâu noun (infectious disease)
- twbercwlosis noun (infectious disease)
Yiddish
3 entries- דער noun (infectious disease)
- טובערקולאָז noun (infectious disease)
- סוכאָטע noun (infectious disease)
Sample sentences
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These days few people suffer from tuberculosis.
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Tom died from tuberculosis.
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Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
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