tuberkulose

See also: Tuberkulose

Danish

Etymology

From tuberkel (“tubercle”) +‎ -ose (“-osis”). Tuberkel from Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber (“lump”).

Noun

tuberkulose c (singular definite tuberkulosen, not used in plural form)

1. (pathology) tuberculosis

Usage notes

Abbreviated tb.

Inflection

Declension of tuberkulose

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tuberkulose	tuberkulosen	tuberkuloser	tuberkuloserne
genitive	tuberkuloses	tuberkulosens	tuberkulosers	tuberkulosernes

Synonyms

• (dated) brystsyge
• (dated) svindsot
• (dated) tuberkler

References

• “tuberkulose” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tuberkulose m (definite singular tuberkulosen) (abbreviation: TB)

1. tuberculosis

References

• “tuberkulose” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tuberkulose m (definite singular tuberkulosen) (abbreviation: TB)

1. tuberculosis

Synonyms

• bringesjuke
• lungesott
• svinnsott
• tæring

References

• “tuberkulose” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.