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miliary tuberculosis vs tuberculosis

tuberculosis vs miliary tuberculosis

miliary tuberculosis and tuberculosis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
miliary tuberculosis Yes No No No
tuberculosis Yes No No No
As nouns, tuberculosis is a hypernym of miliary tuberculosis; that is, tuberculosis is a word with a broader meaning than miliary tuberculosis:
  • 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)
  • tuberculosis: 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)
Other hypernyms of miliary tuberculosis include T.B., TB.
miliary tuberculosis (noun) tuberculosis (noun)
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) 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)
Difference between miliary tuberculosis and tuberculosis

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