Tb
tubercle bacillus.
Tb
1 American
Tb
2
American
Symbol, Chemistry.
TB
3
American
Or
T.B.
TB
4
American
Symbol, Computers.
t.b.
5
American
abbreviation
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trial balance.
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tubercle bacillus.
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tuberculosis.
tb
1
British
abbreviation
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trial balance
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Also: TB. tuberculosis
Tb
2
British
symbol
TB
3
British
abbreviation
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torpedo boat
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Also: tb. tuberculosis
TB
Scientific
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Abbreviation of terabyte
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Abbreviation of tuberculosis
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While Fletcher and his students are foraying into other applications of the mobile microscope, such as examining your skin or testing for malaria and Tb, MIT’s Ramesh Raskar has become known as the ‘Eye Guy.’
From Forbes ● Jul. 1, 2014
Tb has a harmony of the Gospels at the foot of the page.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
The other female elevated its Tb from 37.3°C to 39.0°C during the second hour at Ta = 35°C and maintained its Tb at that level for two hours.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson
Thus, during winter, prolonged exposure to Ta = 35°C stimulated more of an increase in Tb than it did in summer.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson
For our raccoons, confinement in the metabolism chamber at low temperatures must have stimulated a greater than necessary increase in metabolic rate such that heat production exceeded heat loss, which caused Tb to become elevated.
From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson
Early on, Marwa and her family’s only outings were for their endless appointments: intake with resettlement case workers, immunizations and TB tests, signups for Social Security numbers and SNAP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A programme of compulsory testing of cattle in Northern Ireland for TB began in the 1950s.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“Ebola is an urgent priority, but so is malaria, so is TB and so is HIV/AIDS.”
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
A government hospital insisted it was tuberculosis, although silicosis can also make people more susceptible to TB.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Visiting TB patients cheered him up because they were all recovering.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Regular X-ray plates are the best way of detecting t.b.
From Time Magazine Archive
The t.b. mortality rate in Harlem is ten times higher than the rate in more prosperous sections of New York City.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1940, 61,000 people in the U.S. died of t.b.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Drolet pointed out that our t.b. rate rose after our entry into World War I, that it is now rising in other war-stricken countries.
From Time Magazine Archive
"They're going to move me out o' here to a t.b. ward tomorrow."
From Three Soldiers by John Dos Passos
Said Webb expansively: "We view this as a program which could mean $375 tb $500 million in development for the Houston area."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dwight Eisenhower scowled darkly at the humdrum text of a speech on medical education, tb be delivered to the National Fund for Medical Education that night in New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
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