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Definition: T.B. |
T.B.Noun1. 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) T cell n : a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells T hinge n : a hinge that looks like the letter T when it is opened; similar to a strap hinge except that one strap has been replaced by half of a butt hinge that can be mortised flush into the stationary frame T lymphocyte n : a small lymphocyte developed in the thymus; it orchestrates the immune system's response to inf. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
T.B. | French | Tuberculose(TBC) | Biology & Biotechnology, Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: T.B. |
| English words defined with "T.B.": cosmopolitan. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "T.B.": UNCOL. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | T.b. und das runde Leder (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Caption: Man Using Vacuum Cleaner Mechanism to Polish Silver in the T.B. Wells House, a Country House Powered by Edison Storage Batteries; West Orange, NJ; 1913; {06.100/68} (jpg). |  | John Caldwell Calhoun. / Engraved by T.B. Welch from an Drawing by J.B. Longacre. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Joseph Carson, M.D. : Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy / Engraved by T.B. Welch from a daguerreotype by M.P. Simons. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Arrives at Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, 21 February 1953. The officers with him are (from left to right): Rear Admiral I.N. Kiland; Vice Admiral J.J. Ballentine; Rear Admiral W.C. Switzer; and Admiral Lynde D. McCormick. Rear Admiral T.B. Brittain is in the extreme right background. The aircraft is a Douglas R4D. Photographed by AF3c R.A. Hoer.. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Copy of a photograph autographed "To my father from his son, T.B. Huger, August 12, 1864". That date is more than two years after Huger's death in action in April 1862. Note Confederate flag on the ship in the background. Credit: NAVY. |  | Box making in the T.B. Williams Tobacco Factory, Richmond, Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | U.N. helps India fight T.B. / Acme. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Family of man dying of T.B. gather around on front porch. Abandoned mining town, Marine, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wife of unemployed coal miner, suffering from T.B., living in old company store. Abandoned mining town of Marine, West Virginia. (See 50110-D)J. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "T.B." is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "T.B." is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "T.B."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | T.B 。. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שחפת (consumption, phthisis, tuberculosis). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tbc. (various references) | |
Russian | туберкулез (phthisis, tuberculosis). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | torpedni čamac (mosquito craft, torpedo boat), tarifni biro (tariff bureau), saobraćajni biro (traffic bureau). (various references) | |
Spanish | tuberculosis (consumption, tuberculosis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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