White plague \White plague\
Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
white plague
n 1: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
[syn: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis,
wasting disease]
2: an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) [syn: drug
addiction]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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