| 单词 | tuberculosis |
| 释义 | tuberculosis (once / 2374 pages) n Tuberculosis is a contagious and deadly disease. It mainly affects the lungs, but it can spread to the rest of the body. When a character from 19th century literature coughs into a blood-speckled hanky, tuberculosis is often to blame. Tuberculosis — often called TB — is a serious disease that is now rare. Whew. When someone catches tuberculosis, which is transmitted by tubercle-bacillus through the air, lesions called tubercles grow in the lungs, causing serious health problems. If not treated, the disease can spread throughout the body. TB shows up in a lot of old literature and operas – the Romantic poet John Keats wrote poems about TB and died at age 25 from the disease. WORD FAMILYtuberculosis USAGE EXAMPLESHis father was dead, he said, and he was separated from his mother after contracting tuberculosis. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The Ifakara Health Institute - which specialises in treatments for malaria, HIV, tuberculosis as well as neonatal health issues - will be the local partner. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) “It’s just like watching someone gradually develop tuberculosis,” he says. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) n 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) Syn|Hypo|Hyper T.B., TB Pott's disease TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine miliary tuberculosisacute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream) consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plagueinvolving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body king's evil, scrofula, strumaa form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands lupus vulgaristuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars infectious disease a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact |
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