TB

1. (noun) infection by the tubercle bacillus manifesting itself in lesions of various parts of the body (especially the lungs and bones)
Synonyms: T.B., tuberculosis
Related Words: Pott's disease, consumption, infectious disease, king's evil, lupus vulgaris, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, scrofula, struma, wasting disease, white plague

2. (noun) a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
Synonyms: atomic number 65, terbium
Related Words: metal, metallic element

3. (noun) a unit of information equal to one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
Synonyms: T, Terabyte, terabyte
Related Words: computer memory unit

4. (noun) a unit of information equal to one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
Synonyms: T, Terabyte, terabyte
Related Words: computer memory unit



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