pulmonary tuberculosis vs wasting disease

pulmonary tuberculosis and wasting disease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pulmonary tuberculosis	Yes	No	No	No
wasting disease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, pulmonary tuberculosis and wasting disease are synonyms defined as:

pulmonary tuberculosis and wasting disease: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Other synonyms of pulmonary tuberculosis include consumption, phthisis, white plague.

pulmonary tuberculosis (noun)	wasting disease (noun)
involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body	involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body