名詞 tuberculosis:

1. 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)
   同義詞：TB, T.B.

1. As late as the 1950s tuberculosis was still a threat.
   直到二十世紀五十年代，結核病仍然使人不寒而栗。
2. The formation of cavities in a body tissue or an organ, especially those formed in the lung as a result of tuberculosis.
   成洞身體組織或器官內(nèi)空洞的形成，尤指那種因肺結核而在肺中形成的空洞
3. In cases of tuberculosis blood is expectorated.
   肺結核病有咯血癥狀。