Words Like TUBERCULOSIS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to TUBERCULOSIS.

4 Alternative Words Similar to tuberculosis

1 Consumption Noun      Hyponym Words Like Consumption
2 Struma Noun      Hyponym
3 Scrofula Noun      Hyponym
4 Phthisis Noun      Hyponym Words Like Phthisis

5 definitions of tuberculosis

1 infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
2 An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs and other tissues of the body, often developing long after the initial infection.
3 Tuberculosis of the lungs, characterized by the coughing up of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain.
4 A specific disease affecting most of the tissues of the body, characterized by the formation of tubercles and the presence in the diseased parts of the tubercle-bacillus.
5 An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria.
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