TB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does TB mean? 

• TB (noun)
  The noun TB has 5 senses:

1. a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite

2. 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)

3. a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits

4. a unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes

5. a unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes

  Familiarity information: TB used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 65; Tb; terbium

Hypernyms ("Tb" is a kind of...):

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Holonyms ("Tb" is a substance of...):

apatite (a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus)

gadolinite; ytterbite (a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium)

monazite (a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium)

Sense 2

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

T.B.; TB; tuberculosis

Hypernyms ("TB" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "TB"):

Pott's disease (TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine)

miliary tuberculosis (acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream))

consumption; phthisis; pulmonary tuberculosis; wasting disease; white plague (involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body)

king's evil; scrofula; struma (a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands)

lupus vulgaris (tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Tb; Tbit; terabit

Hypernyms ("Tb" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "Tb"):

Gb; Gbit; gigabit (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabits or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bits)

Holonyms ("Tb" is a part of...):

Pb; Pbit; petabit (a unit of information equal to 1000 terabits or 10^15 bits)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

TB; terabyte

Hypernyms ("TB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "TB"):

G; GB; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 megabytes or 10^9 (1,000,000,000) bytes)

Holonyms ("TB" is a part of...):

PB; petabyte (a unit of information equal to 1000 terabytes or 10^15 bytes)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

TB; tebibyte; terabyte; TiB

Hypernyms ("TB" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "TB"):

G; GB; GiB; gibibyte; gigabyte (a unit of information equal to 1024 mebibytes or 2^30 (1,073,741,824) bytes)

Holonyms ("TB" is a part of...):

PB; pebibyte; petabyte; PiB (a unit of information equal to 1024 tebibytes or 2^50 bytes)

 Context examples 

Their blood samples, taken at the beginning of the study, were compared to those of other close family members who did not have TB.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)

For example, fungal, TB, etc. could occur (in human, most typically due to bladder cancer treatment with BCG)

(Infectious Granulomatous Prostatitis of Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Anti-PLGF monoclonal antibody TB-403 binds to PLGF, inhibiting the binding of PLGF to the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, which may result in the inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and tumor cell proliferation.

(Anti-PLGF Monoclonal Antibody TB-403, NCI Thesaurus)

Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the leading infectious cause of death globally, yet the world’s only licensed TB vaccine, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), was developed a century ago.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

Front-line drugs attack TB cells as they multiply, but a small proportion of the bacteria survive by going dormant.

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)

The improved survival rate allows infected buffalo to continue to spread TB within the herd.

(Treatment for parasitic worms helps animals survive infectious diseases--and spread them, NSF)

The TB strain of the Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus that arises during the propagation of the S37 mouse sarcoma model.

(Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus TB, NCI Thesaurus)

They said supplementing peoples’ diets with vitamin A may be a powerful tool for preventing TB.

(Vitamin A Supplement May Thwart Tuberculosis Infection, Jessica Berman/VOA)

To control Mtb infection and prevent clinical disease, a TB vaccine must elicit strong, sustained responses from the immune system’s T cells, specifically those in the lungs.

(Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine, National Institutes of Health)

Also, the vitamin supplement could offer a way to cut down on the development of drug-resistant TB, a serious health threat.

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)