'Tuberculosis' definitions:
Definition of 'tuberculosis'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Tuberculosis'
From: GCIDE
- Tuberculosis \Tu*ber`cu*lo"sis\, n. [NL. See Tubercle.] (Med.) A constitutional disease caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (also called the {Tubercle bacillus}), characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary phthisis (consumption). The Mycobacteria are slow-growing and without cell walls, and are thus not affected by the beta-lactam antibiotics; treatment is difficult, usually requiring simultaneous administration of multiple antibiotics to effect a cure. Prior to availability of antibiotic treatment, the cure required extensive rest, for which special sanatoriums were constructed. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'tuberculosis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute articular rheumatism,
- aerogenic tuberculosis,
- African lethargy,
- ague,
- alkali disease,
- ambulatory plague,
- amebiasis,
- amebic dysentery,
- anthrax,
- Asiatic cholera,
- bacillary dysentery,
- bastard measles,
- black death,
- black fever,
- black plague,
- blackwater fever,
- breakbone fever,
- brucellosis,
- bubonic plague,
- cachectic fever,
- cellulocutaneous plague,
- cerebral rheumatism,
- cerebral tuberculosis,
- Chagres fever,
- chicken pox,
- cholera,
- colliquation,
- consumption,
- cowpox,
- dandy fever,
- deer fly fever,
- defervescing plague,
- dengue,
- dengue fever,
- diphtheria,
- disseminated tuberculosis,
- dumdum fever,
- dysentery,
- elephantiasis,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- enteric fever,
- epidemic,
- epiphytotic,
- epizootic,
- erysipelas,
- famine fever,
- five-day fever,
- flu,
- frambesia,
- German measles,
- glandular fever,
- glandular plague,
- grippe,
- hansenosis,
- Haverhill fever,
- hemorrhagic plague,
- hepatitis,
- herpes,
- herpes simplex,
- herpes zoster,
- histoplasmosis,
- hookworm,
- hydrophobia,
- infantile paralysis,
- infectious mononucleosis,
- inflammatory rheumatism,
- influenza,
- jail fever,
- jungle rot,
- kala azar,
- kissing disease,
- larval plague,
- lepra,
- leprosy,
- leptospirosis,
- loa loa,
- loaiasis,
- lockjaw,
- lupus vulgaris,
- madness,
- malaria,
- malarial fever,
- marsh fever,
- measles,
- meningitis,
- milzbrand,
- mumps,
- murrain,
- ornithosis,
- osteomyelitis,
- pandemia,
- pandemic,
- paratyphoid fever,
- parotitis,
- parrot fever,
- pertussis,
- pest,
- pesthole,
- pestilence,
- phthisis,
- plague,
- plague spot,
- pneumonia,
- pneumonic plague,
- polio,
- poliomyelitis,
- polyarthritis rheumatism,
- ponos,
- premonitory plague,
- psittacosis,
- pulmonary tuberculosis,
- rabbit fever,
- rabies,
- rat-bite fever,
- relapsing fever,
- rheumatic fever,
- rickettsialpox,
- ringworm,
- rubella,
- rubeola,
- scarlatina,
- scarlet fever,
- schistosomiasis,
- scourge,
- scrofula,
- scrofuloderma,
- septic sore throat,
- septicemic plague,
- shingles,
- siderating plague,
- sleeping sickness,
- sleepy sickness,
- smallpox,
- snail fever,
- splenic fever,
- spotted fever,
- strep throat,
- swamp fever,
- TB,
- tetanus,
- thrush,
- tinea,
- trench fever,
- trench mouth,
- tuberculosis cutis,
- tuberculosis luposa,
- tuberculous meningitis,
- tularemia,
- typhoid,
- typhoid fever,
- typhus,
- typhus fever,
- undulant fever,
- vaccinia,
- varicella,
- variola,
- venereal disease,
- viral dysentery,
- white plague,
- whooping cough,
- yaws,
- yellow fever,
- yellow jack,
- zona,
- zoster