Phrase guide

pulmonary tuberculosis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs, generally caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tuberculosis, TB, T.B.

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سل (sill) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Bulgarian: туберкулоза (tuberkuloza) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Catalan: tuberculosi — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺結核 /肺结核 (fèijiéhé) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Czech: tuberkulóza — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Czech: souchotiny — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Finnish: keuhkotuberkuloosi — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • French: tuberculose — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Galician: tuberculose pulmonar — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • German: Schwindsucht — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • German: Tuberkulose — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Greek: πνευμονική φυματίωση (pnevmonikí fymatíosi) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Greek: χτικιό (chtikió) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Ancient Greek: φθίσις (phthísis) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Icelandic: lungnaberklar — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Irish: eitinn scamhóige — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Japanese: 肺結核 (haikekkaku) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Macedonian: туберкулоза (tuberkuloza) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Macedonian: офтика (oftika) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Māori: mate kohi — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Mongolian: сүръеэ (sürʺjee) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠦᠷᠢᠶ᠎ᠡ (süriy-e) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Plautdietsch: Schwindsucht — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Portuguese: tuberculose pulmonar — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Romanian: tuberculoză pulmonară — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Romanian: ftizie — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Romanian: oftică — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Russian: туберкулёз (tuberkuljóz) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Russian: чахо́тка (čaxótka) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Scottish Gaelic: caitheamh — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Slovak: suchotiny — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Spanish: tuberculosis — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Swedish: lungtuberkolos — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Swedish: lungsot — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Swedish: tvinsot — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Thai: วัณโรคปอด (wan-ná-rôok bpɔ̀ɔt) — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Turkish: tüberküloz — tuberculosis infecting the lungs
  • Vietnamese: lao phổi — tuberculosis infecting the lungs