white plague

美 [waɪt pleɪɡ]英 [waɪt pleɪɡ]

white plague

noun

an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug): Synonym: drug addiction

involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body: Synonym: pulmonary tuberculosis consumption phthisis wasting disease

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1

Stability of white plague model based on vertical epidemic

基于垂直传染的肺结核病模型稳定性研究
2

Are we on the brink of a new white plague in Russia ?

俄罗斯正在面临着新的白色瘟疫吗？
3

Tuberculosis ( TB ), known as " White Plague ", is a chronic infection disease which can make serious hazard to human health .

结核病（Tuberculosis，TB）是严重危害人类健康的传染病，素有白色瘟疫之称。
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This ghostly appearance earned TB the title of the ' White Plague ' in Victorian-era England .

因此肺结核在维多利亚时期的英格兰也有着“白色瘟疫”的恶名。