white plague
1White plague — can refer to: * Any epidemic disease that makes the patients appear pale, especially tuberculosis during the 19th and early 20th century. * The White Plague , a 1982 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert featuring a bioengineered plague that… …
2White plague — Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
3white plague — n TUBERCULOSIS …
4white plague — ☆ white plague n. tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs …
5white plague — noun 1. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body • Syn: ↑pulmonary tuberculosis, ↑consumption, ↑phthisis, ↑wasting disease • Hypernyms: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B …
6white plague — tuberculosis, esp. pulmonary tuberculosis. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * …
7white plague — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An infectious disease producing lesions especially of the lungs: consumption (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisis (no longer in scientific use), tuberculosis. See HEALTH …
8white plague — pulmonary tuberculosis …
9white plague — /waɪt ˈpleɪg/ (say wuyt playg) noun tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis …
10The White Plague — infobox Book | name = The White Plague title orig = translator = image caption = author = Frank Herbert illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction publisher = Putnam pub date = 1982… …