tuberculosis (noun)
41victim — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hapless, helpless, innocent, poor, unfortunate, unwilling ▪ He defrauded his innocent victims of millions. ▪ unsuspecting …
42consumption — noun 1》 the action or process of consuming. ↘an amount consumed. 2》 dated a wasting disease, especially tuberculosis. Derivatives consumptive adjective &noun (dated). consumptively adverb (dated). Origin ME: from L. consumptio(n ), from… …
43infectious disease — noun a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑communicable disease • Hyponyms: ↑AIDS, ↑acquired immune deficiency syndrome, ↑brucellosis, ↑undulant fever, ↑ …
44BCG vaccine — noun Etymology: Bacillus Calmette Guérin (an attenuated strain of tubercle bacilli), from Albert Calmette died 1933 and Camille Guérin died 1961 French bacteriologists Date: 1927 a vaccine prepared from a living attenuated strain of tubercle… …
45cycloserine — noun Date: 1952 a broad spectrum antibiotic C3H6N2O2 produced by an actinomycete (Streptomyces orchidaceus) and used especially in the treatment of tuberculosis …
46ethambutol — noun Etymology: ethylene + amine + butanol Date: 1961 a synthetic drug C10H24N2O2 used in the form of its hydrochloride especially in the treatment of tuberculosis …
47ethionamide — noun Date: 1960 a compound C8H10N2S used against mycobacteria (as in tuberculosis and leprosy) …
48iproniazid — noun Etymology: blend of isoniazid and propyl Date: 1952 a derivative C9H13N3O of isoniazid that is used as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and was formerly used in treating tuberculosis …
49isoniazid — noun Etymology: is + nicotinic acid + hydrazide Date: 1952 a crystalline compound C6H7N3O used in treating tuberculosis …
50mycobacterium — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1909 any of a genus (Mycobacterium) of nonmotile aerobic acid fast bacteria that include numerous saprophytes and the pathogens causing tuberculosis and leprosy • mycobacterial adjective …
