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Term: tb

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Definitions

Noun

  1. A metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite
  2. 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. A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabits or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bits
  4. A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes
  5. A unit of information equal to 1024 gibibytes or 2^40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "tb".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 football 2 36
2 basketball 3 9
3 outboard 2 7
4 outbursts 2 6
5 heartbeat 2 4
6 textbook 2 4
7 frostbite 2 3
8 outback 2 3
9 outbreaks 2 3
10 pocketbook 3 3
11 setback 2 3
12 setbacks 2 3
13 heartbreaking 3 2
14 outboards 2 2
15 outbreak 2 2
16 outburst 2 2
17 potboiler 3 2
18 westbrook 2 2
19 cutback 2 1
20 dustbin 2 1
21 football's 2 1
22 footballs 2 1
23 heartbreak 2 1
24 hotbed 2 1
25 hultberg 2 1
26 paintbrush 2 1
27 pocketbooks 3 1
28 politburo 4 1
29 potboilers 3 1
30 textbooks 2 1
31 basketball's 3 0
32 basketballs 3 0
33 batboy 2 0
34 batboys 2 0
35 breitbach 2 0
36 breitbarth 2 0
37 brightbill 2 0
38 carpetbagger 4 0
39 carpetbaggers 4 0
40 catbird 2 0
41 creditbank 3 0
42 cutbacks 2 0
43 cutbirth 2 0
44 dartboard 2 0
45 dittberner 3 0
46 eastbound 2 0
47 eastburn 2 0
48 fastball 2 0
49 fastballs 2 0
50 firstborn 2 0
51 flatbed 2 0
52 flatboat 2 0
53 flatbush 2 0
54 frostban 2 0
55 frostbitten 3 0
56 ghostbuster 3 0
57 ghostbusters 3 0
58 gotbaum 2 0
59 heartbeats 2 0
60 heartbreaks 2 0
61 heartbroken 3 0
62 heartburn 2 0
63 hotbeds 2 0
64 izetbegovic 5 0
65 izetbegovic's 6 0
66 jetborne 2 0
67 kredietbank 3 0
68 lichtblau 2 0
69 lightbulb 2 0
70 lightbulbs 2 0
71 maltbie 2 0
72 maltby 2 0
73 meatball 2 0
74 meatballs 2 0
75 montblanc 2 0
76 netback 2 0
77 ostberg 2 0
78 ostby 2 0
79 outbid 2 0
80 outbidded 3 0
81 outbidding 3 0
82 outbids 2 0
83 outboard's 2 0
84 outbound 2 0
85 paintball 2 0
86 paintbrushes 3 0
87 pitblado 3 0
88 politburo's 4 0
89 pontbriand 3 0
90 potbaryoskin 4 0
91 racquetball 3 0
92 rettberg 2 0
93 rotberg 2 0
94 rotblat 2 0
95 saltbox 2 0
96 seatbelt 2 0
97 seatbelts 2 0
98 softball 2 0
99 softballs 2 0
100 softbank 2 0
101 spitball 2 0
102 spitball's 2 0
103 tb 2 0
104 tbilisi 4 0
105 westbay 2 0
106 westberg 2 0
107 westberry 3 0
108 westboro 3 0
109 westborough 3 0
110 westbound 2 0
111 westbridge 2 0
112 westbrooks 2 0
113 westburne 2 0
114 westbury 3 0
115 westby 2 0
116 whitbeck 2 0
117 whitbread 2 0
118 whitby 2 0
119 witbeck 2 0
120 witbrock 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "tb".

# Word Syllables Freq

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "tb".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 b 1 105
2 t 1 77
3 tube 1 31
4 tub 1 13
5 tomb 1 11
6 tubs 1 5
7 stub 1 3
8 stab 1 3
9 tab 1 1
10 tuba 2 1
11 tabb 1 1
12 tubb 1 0
13 trib 1 0
14 toby 2 0
15 tobu 2 0
16 tobe 1 0
17 tibi 2 0
18 tebo 2 0
19 taub 1 0
20 tabs 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "tb" in a sentence.

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Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "tb" in a sentence.

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Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "tb" in the same piece of text.

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Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "tb".

# Word Syllables Freq

Results:

Term

Definitions: 5

Fragments: 120

Sound Alikes: 0

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 0

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis Detection with MiniDock MTB Using Swab Samples
Apr 29, 2026 The New England Journal of Medicine
A Promising HIP Intervention — Electronic Directly Observed Therapy for Active TB Disease
Jun 3, 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
2025 Provisional TB Data Report Release
Mar 23, 2026 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov)
Long a dream, it's now real: a fast and accurate TB test that doesn't need phlegm
Apr 29, 2026 NPR
IAVI announces enrollment of cohort of people without tuberculosis (TB) infection in Phase 2b trial of TB vaccine candidate MTBVAC
Feb 23, 2026 IAVI
Rays 3-0 Guardians (26 Jul, 2026) Final Score
Jul 25, 2026 ESPN Philippines
Alumnus Kunchok Dorjee Works to Curb Spread of Tuberculosis in His Homeland
Jul 21, 2026 Stony Brook Medicine

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