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White plague   /waɪt pleɪg/   Listen
White plague

noun
1.
Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body.  Synonyms: consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease.
2.
An addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug).  Synonym: drug addiction.





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... sunshine, a glass house of fresh air, will be the Christmas offering of Kansas City to the fight against tuberculosis, the "Great White Plague." Ten miles from the business district of the city, overlooking a horizon miles away over valley and hill, stands the finest tuberculosis hospital in the United States. The newly completed institution, although not the largest hospital of the kind, is the best equipped and ...
— How To Write Special Feature Articles • Willard Grosvenor Bleyer


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