tuberculosis
(tu-ber-cu-lo-sis)
5 syllables
Definition
noun. an infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles in various tissues of the body; specif; tuberculosis of the lungs; pulmonary phthisis
Example Sentence
Tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease.
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Rhymes
- cirrhosis
- fibrosis
- hypnosis
- meiosis
- necrosis
- nephrosis
- neurosis
- prognosis
- psychosis
- sclerosis
- thrombosis
- acidosis
- diagnosis
- heterosis
- symbiosis
- apotheosis
- misdiagnosis
- tuberculosis
- atherosclerosis
- arteriosclerosis
- neurofibromatosis