T.B.


Definition: Meaning of, T.B. in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tiː /

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  1. usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions
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T.B. used in phrases

  • Crookes tube (noun)
    1. the original gas-discharge cathode-ray tube
  • Eustachian tube (noun)
    1. either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum
  • Fallopian tube (noun)
    1. either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
  • Geiger tube (noun)
    1. an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
  • Geiger-Muller tube (noun)
    1. an ionization chamber contained in a tube in a Geiger counter
  • Kundt's tube (noun)
    1. a measuring instrument used to measure the speed of sound
  • Pitot tube (noun)
    1. measuring instrument consisting of a right-angled tube with an open end that is directed in opposition to the flow of a fluid and used to measure the velocity of fluid flow
    2. measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed
  • Pitot-static tube (noun)
    1. measuring instrument consisting of a combined Pitot tube and static tube that measures total and static pressure; used in aircraft to measure airspeed
  • Venturi tube (noun)
    1. a short tube inserted into a pipeline and used to measure the quantity of a liquid that is flowing in the pipeline
  • X-ray tube (noun)
    1. a vacuum tube containing a metal target onto which a beam of electrons is directed at high energy for the generation of X rays
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