Meanings
nounpulmonary tuberculosis (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Synonyms: consumption
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouninvolving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
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Translations
Ancient Greek φθίσις
- φθίσις (phthísis)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
Bulgarian туберкулоза
- туберкулоза (tuberkuloza)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
Catalan tuberculosi
- tuberculosituberculosis infecting the lungs
Chinese Mandarin 肺結核 /肺结核
- 肺結核 /肺结核 (fèijiéhé)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
Czech tuberkulóza, souchotiny
- tuberkulózatuberculosis infecting the lungs
- souchotinytuberculosis infecting the lungs
Finnish keuhkotuberkuloosi
- keuhkotuberkuloosituberculosis infecting the lungs
French tuberculose
- tuberculosetuberculosis infecting the lungs
German Schwindsucht, Tuberkulose
- Schwindsuchttuberculosis infecting the lungs
- Tuberkulosetuberculosis infecting the lungs
Greek πνευμονική φυματίωση, χτικιό
- πνευμονική φυματίωση (pnevmonikí fymatíosi)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
- χτικιό (chtikió)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
Icelandic lungnaberklar
- lungnaberklartuberculosis infecting the lungs
Irish eitinn scamhóige
- eitinn scamhóigetuberculosis infecting the lungs
Japanese 肺結核
- 肺結核 (haikekkaku)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
Māori mate kohi
- mate kohituberculosis infecting the lungs
Portuguese tuberculose pulmonar, tísica
- tuberculose pulmonartuberculosis infecting the lungs
- tísicatuberculosis infecting the lungs
Romanian tuberculoză pulmonară, ftizie
- tuberculoză pulmonarătuberculosis infecting the lungs
- ftizietuberculosis infecting the lungs
- ofticătuberculosis infecting the lungs
Russian туберкулёз, чахо́тка
- туберкулёз (tuberkuljóz)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
- чахо́тка (čaxótka)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
Scottish Gaelic caitheamh
- caitheamhtuberculosis infecting the lungs
Slovak suchotiny
- suchotinytuberculosis infecting the lungs
Spanish tuberculosis
- tuberculosistuberculosis infecting the lungs
Swedish lungtuberkolos, lungsot
- lungtuberkolostuberculosis infecting the lungs
- lungsottuberculosis infecting the lungs
- tvinsottuberculosis infecting the lungs
Thai วัณโรคปอด
- วัณโรคปอด (wan-ná-rôok bpɔ̀ɔt)tuberculosis infecting the lungs
Turkish tüberküloz
- tüberküloztuberculosis infecting the lungs
Vietnamese lao phổi
- lao phổituberculosis infecting the lungs
Cite this entry
APA
pulmonary tuberculosis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulmonary%20tuberculosis
MLA
“pulmonary tuberculosis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulmonary%20tuberculosis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pulmonary tuberculosis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulmonary%20tuberculosis.
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