tuberculosis (noun)
111TB-1 — noun or TB 1 698 Etymology: German, from TB + 1 698, its laboratory code number; from its use in the treatment of tuberculosis : thiacetazone …
112vole bacillus — noun Etymology: vole (II); from its having been first described as causing tuberculosis in the wild vole Microtus agrestis : a morphologically and culturally distinct strain of the tubercle bacillus that is serologically indistinguishable from… …
113BCG® — noun A strain of tubercle bacillus, used for inoculation against tuberculosis ORIGIN: Initials of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin …
114Dutch profanity — can be divided into several categories. Often, the words used in profanity are based around various names for diseases. In many cases, these words have evolved into slang, and many euphemisms for diseases are in common use.[1] Additionally, a… …
115Sanatorium — For the musical group with the same name, see Sanatorium (band). One of the remaining turrets of the Grunwald Sanatorium (now Sokolowsko, Poland). A sanatorium (also spelled sanitorium and sanitarium) is a medical facility for long term illness,… …
116Vampire — For other uses, see Vampire (disambiguation). The Vampire, by Philip Burne Jones, 1897 Vampires …
117con|sump´tive|ness — con|sump|tive «kuhn SUHMP tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having or likely to have tuberculosis of the lungs. 2. of tuberculosis of the lungs. 3. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful: »Figurative. To manage such a thing as this in letters… …
118con|sump´tive|ly — con|sump|tive «kuhn SUHMP tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having or likely to have tuberculosis of the lungs. 2. of tuberculosis of the lungs. 3. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful: »Figurative. To manage such a thing as this in letters… …
119con|sump|tive — «kuhn SUHMP tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having or likely to have tuberculosis of the lungs. 2. of tuberculosis of the lungs. 3. tending to consume; destructive; wasteful: »Figurative. To manage such a thing as this in letters was a thing too …
120consumption — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destruction, use, burning; tuberculosis. See disease, waste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of consuming] Syn. using, eating, using up, decay, burning, expenditure, exhaustion, depletion, dissipation …
