white plague : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: white plague	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for white plague
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white plague n involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body Synonym(s): pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) Synonym(s): drug addiction, white plague
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
White plague \White plague\ Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.