tuberculosis
noun /tjuːˌbɜːkjuˈləʊsɪs/
/tuːˌbɜːrkjəˈləʊsɪs/
[uncountable] (abbreviation TB)
- a serious disease, caused by bacteria, in which swellings appear on the lungs and other parts of the body
结核病 词源mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin tuberculum (diminutive of tuber ‘hump, swelling’) + -osis.