T.b. (Noun)
Meaning
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).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with t.b. after a series of tests revealed the presence of tubercle bacilli in her lungs.
- After years of working in the mines, he finally succumbed to t.b. and passed away at the age of 50.
- The doctor put her on a strict regimen of antibiotics to combat the t.b. that had spread to her kidneys.
- The outbreak of t.b. in the crowded slum was a major public health concern, and authorities scrambled to contain it.
- The elderly woman's t.b. had been in remission for years, but a recent flare-up required her to undergo another round of treatment.