TB

/ˈti ˌbi/

/tiˈbi/

Definitions of TB

1. noun

   infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
   synonyms: T.B., tuberculosis

   types:

   Pott's disease

   TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine

   miliary tuberculosis

   acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)

   consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague

   a disease involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

   king's evil, scrofula, struma

   a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands

   lupus vulgaris

   tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars

   type of:

   infectious disease

   a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
2. noun

   a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
   synonyms: terabyte

   type of:

   computer memory unit

   a unit for measuring computer memory
3. noun

   a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
   synonyms: TiB, tebibyte, terabyte

   type of:

   computer memory unit

   a unit for measuring computer memory