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" (171 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Noun(2 words)
acute articular rheumatismaerogenic tuberculosisafrican lethargyaguealkali diseaseambulatory plagueamebiasisamebic dysenteryanthraxasiatic cholerabacillary dysenterybastard measlesblack deathblack feverblack plagueblackwater feverbreakbone feverbrucellosisbubonic plaguecachectic fever
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cellulocutaneous plaguecerebral rheumatismcerebral tuberculosischagres feverchicken poxcholeracolliquationconsumptioncowpoxdandy feverdeer fly feverdefervescing plaguedengue
Strong matches (51)
dengue feverdiphtheriadisseminated tuberculosisdumdum feverdysenteryelephantiasisencephalitis lethargicaenteric feverepidemicepiphytoticepizooticerysipelasfamine feverfive-day feverfluframbesiagerman measlesglandular feverglandular plaguegrippe
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hansenosishaverhill feverhemorrhagic plaguehepatitisherpesherpes simplexherpes zosterhistoplasmosishookwormhydrophobiainfantile paralysisinfectious mononucleosisinflammatory rheumatisminfluenzajail feverjungle rotkala azarkissing diseaselarval plaguelepraleprosyleptospirosisloa loaloaiasislockjawlupus vulgarismadnessmalariamalarial fever
Noun(2 words)
latent tbltbi
Related words (85)
marsh fevermeaslesmeningitismilzbrandmumpsmurrainornithosisosteomyelitispandemiapandemicparatyphoid feverparotitisparrot feverpertussispestpestholepestilencephthisisplagueplague spot
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pneumoniapneumonic plaguepoliopoliomyelitispolyarthritis rheumatismponospremonitory plaguepsittacosispulmonary tuberculosisrabbit feverrabiesrat-bite feverrelapsing feverrheumatic feverrickettsialpoxringwormrubellarubeolascarlatinascarlet feverschistosomiasisscourgescrofulascrofulodermaseptic sore throatsepticemic plagueshinglessiderating plaguesleeping sicknesssleepy sicknesssmallpoxsnail feversplenic feverspotted feverstrep throatswamp fevertbtetanusthrushtineatrench fevertrench mouthtuberculosis cutistuberculosis luposatuberculous meningitistularemiatyphoidtyphoid fevertyphustyphus feverundulant fevervacciniavaricellavariolavenereal diseaseviral dysenterywhite plaguewhooping coughyawsyellow feveryellow jackzonazoster
Noun(2 words)
phthisist.b.
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More general
2 entriesbacterial infectioninfectious disease
More specific
5 entriesasymptomatic infectiondormant infectionextrapulmonary tuberculosismiliary tuberculosispulmonary tuberculosis
Collocations
6 entriesactive tuberculosislatent tuberculosis infectionmultidrug resistant tuberculosispulmonary tuberculosistuberculosis treatmenttuberculosis vaccine
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
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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