tuberculosis meaning in Bengali
যক্ষ্মা jokkha
/tjuːˌbɜːkjʊˈləʊsɪs/
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tuberculosis in Bengali: যক্ষ্মা (jokkha). In English, tuberculosis means an infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 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.
Bengali words for tuberculosis
- tuberculosis
- যক্ষ্মা jokkha
English meaning of tuberculosis
- noun An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 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.
Synonyms of tuberculosis
- consumption
- phthisic
- TB
- white death
- white man's plague
- white plague
tuberculosis in other languages
- tuberculosis in Hindi
- tuberculosis in Tamil
- tuberculosis in Urdu
- tuberculosis in Telugu
- tuberculosis in Malayalam
- tuberculosis in Kannada
- tuberculosis in Punjabi
- tuberculosis in Gujarati
- tuberculosis in Sanskrit
- tuberculosis in Nepali
- tuberculosis in Tagalog
- tuberculosis in Arabic
- tuberculosis in Malay
- tuberculosis in Indonesian
- tuberculosis in Persian
- tuberculosis in Thai
- tuberculosis in Vietnamese
Questions about tuberculosis in Bengali
- What is the meaning of tuberculosis in Bengali?
- Tuberculosis in Bengali is যক্ষ্মা (jokkha).
- tuberculosis এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
- Tuberculosis: যক্ষ্মা (jokkha).
- What does tuberculosis mean in English?
- Tuberculosis means an infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 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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Bengali words from Wiktionary's Bengali entries whose English meaning is “tuberculosis”: যক্ষ্মা. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tuberculosis (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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