TB
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(noun) infection by the tubercle bacillus manifesting itself in lesions of various parts of the body (especially the lungs and bones) |
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Synonyms: T.B., tuberculosis |
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Related Words: Pott's disease, consumption, infectious disease, king's evil, lupus vulgaris, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, scrofula, struma, wasting disease, white plague |
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(noun) a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite |
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Synonyms: atomic number 65, terbium |
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Related Words: metal, metallic element |
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(noun) a unit of information equal to one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes |
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Synonyms: T, Terabyte, terabyte |
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Related Words: computer memory unit |
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(noun) a unit of information equal to one trillion (1,000,000,000,000) bytes |
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Synonyms: T, Terabyte, terabyte |
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Related Words: computer memory unit |
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