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consumption | tb | Synonyms |

Consumption is a synonym of tb.


As a noun consumption

is the act of consuming something.

As an adverb tb is

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consumption

English

Noun

(-)
  • The act of consuming something.
    • The fire's consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.
  • The amount consumed.
    • gross national consumption
  • (pathology) The wasting-away of the human body through disease.
  • (senseid)(pathology, dated) Pulmonary tuberculosis.

    • Derived terms

    * autoconsumption, self-consumption. * conspicuous consumption.

    Related terms

    * consumer

    See also

    (Wikipedia)

    tb

    English

    Noun

  • (pathology) tuberculosis (short for Tubercle Bacillus)
  • (baseball) The statistic reporting "Total Bases". A single is counted as one, a double as two, a triple as three, and a home run as four bases.
  • (electronics, computing) terabyte

    • Related terms

    * (pathology) Mtb

    Derived terms

    * (pathology) MDR-TB , XDR-TB , DR-TB , DS-TB

    Anagrams

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