Synonyms for tb

Noun

1. terbium, Tb, atomic number 65, metallic element, metal

usage: a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite

2. tuberculosis, TB, T.B., infectious disease

usage: infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)

3. terabyte, T, TB, computer memory unit

usage: a unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes