TB

See also: tb, Tb, and ТВ

English

Symbol

TB

1. (computing, formal) Abbreviation of terabyte.
2. (computing, informal) Abbreviation of tebibyte.

   Synonym: TiB

Proper noun

TB

1. (sports) Initialism of Tampa Bay (a city in Florida).

Noun

TB (countable and uncountable, plural TBs)

1. (pathology) Tuberculosis.
2. (baseball) Initialism of total bases.
3. Abbreviation of throwback.
4. (military, nautical) Initialism of torpedo boat.
5. (military, aviation) Initialism of torpedo bomber.
6. (military, aviation) Initialism of trainer bomber (“a bomber that also serves as a trainer aircraft”).

Derived terms

• (pathology): MDR-TB, XDR-TB, DR-TB, DS-TB
• (military): MTB

Related terms

• (pathology): Mtb

Anagrams

• BT, Bt, bt

Danish

Noun

TB

1. tuberculosis
   • 2010, Susanne (red.). Bügel, Jørn (red.). Dyerberg, Steen (red.). Stender, Menneskets ernæring, Munksgaard Danmark →ISBN, page 546

     Dødeligheden er høj under behandlingen af såvel TB som HIV, og et lavt BMI er en stærk risikofaktor herfor.

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   • 2017, Barbara Wren, Vågne celler: Hvordan kroppen skaber og holder på lys, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Hvis du ser tilbage på, hvordan man behandlede TB før i tiden, kan du se, at den bedste behandling fandt sted oppe i bjergene, ...

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   • 2003, Nord nytt:

     En undersogelse af inuitters tilgang til sundhed og sygdom er relevant for at forstâ ikke blot TB-hyppigheden, ...

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   • 1951, Stof og saks:

     Sømænd risikerer lettest at få TB ...

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   • 2015, Klaus Rifbjerg, Sådan: En livsreportage, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     ... tresserne var alt den slags kun vage minder, ikke blot var TB på vej mod udryddelse, ...

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   • 1942, Poul Bondo Gravesen, Lymphogranulomatosis benigna: English summary:

     ... tilfælde har set tuberkuløse sygdomme udviklet hos sine patienter og i andre tilfælde fundet TB ved dyrepassager fra ...

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   • 1967, Grønland:

     Lad mig nævne, at der f. eks. i 1963 ikke var nogen, der døde af TB i Grønland.

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Quotations

Other forms:

1. • 2016, Diverse forfattere, Min barndom i Grønland, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     I min barndom var sygdommen så frygtet, at man aldrig nævnte den ved navn; man sagde T.B. og dæmpede ...

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.be/

Noun

TB (plural TB-TB, first-person possessive TBku, second-person possessive TBmu, third-person possessive TBnya)

1. Initialism of titik berkumpul (“meeting point”).
2. (pathology) Initialism of tuberkulosis.

Further reading

• “TB” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Proper noun

TB

1. Abbreviation of Tabasco. (Mexican state)