tuberculosis
noun#17,977
Translations
- ＴＢテー・ベー
- 結核けっかく
- 結核症けっかくしょう
- ルンゲルンゲ
English definition
- 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)
Examples
- Some years ago, learning that one had tuberculosis amounted to hearing a sentence of death.
- These days few people suffer from tuberculosis.