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pulmonary tuberculosis vs tuberculosis

tuberculosis vs pulmonary tuberculosis

pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pulmonary tuberculosis Yes No No No
tuberculosis Yes No No No
As nouns, tuberculosis is a hypernym of pulmonary tuberculosis; that is, tuberculosis is a word with a broader meaning than pulmonary tuberculosis:
  • pulmonary tuberculosis: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  • 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 pulmonary tuberculosis include T.B., TB.
pulmonary tuberculosis (noun) tuberculosis (noun)
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body 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 pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis

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