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tuberculoses

tuberculoses is the plural of tuberculosis.

Meaning of tuberculosis

Noun

tuberculosis (countable and uncountable, plural tuberculoses)

  1. 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.
    • With smallpox gone, tuberculosis is today the deadliest infectious disease on the planet.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 380
    Synonyms:
    consumption, phthisic, TB, white death, white man's plague, white plague

Phrases with tuberculoses

Questions about tuberculoses

What is tuberculoses the plural of?
Tuberculoses is the plural of tuberculosis.

Words near tuberculoses in the dictionary

  1. tuberculomata
  2. tuberculophobia
  3. tuberculoplasmin
  4. tuberculose
  5. tuberculosed
  6. tuberculoses
  7. tuberculosis
  8. tuberculosis verrucosa cutis
  9. tuberculostatic
  10. tuberculostatics
  11. tuberculostearic

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