white plague English

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What does white plague mean?

white plague

— noun (= drug addiction) an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

— noun (= pulmonary tuberculosis) involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

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consumption

wasting disease

pulmonary tuberculosis

phthisis

drug addiction

tabes

tabefaction