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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
t.b. is a noun meaning "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)". It carries one recorded sense.
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)
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for t.b. come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.