Meaning
tuberculosis
- An infectious bacterial disease mainly affecting the lungs
In a sentence
Nel diciannovesimo secolo la tubercolosi colpiva migliaia di persone.
In the nineteenth century, tuberculosis affected thousands of people.
I medici hanno confermato che non si tratta di tubercolosi.
Doctors confirmed that it is not tuberculosis.
Quali sono i sintomi principali della tubercolosi polmonare?
What are the main symptoms of pulmonary tuberculosis?
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tubercolosi | feminine · singular |
| tubercolosi | feminine · plural |
| tubercolosi | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Invariable noun ending in -i; the plural form is identical to the singular.
- Often abbreviated colloquially or historically as TBC.