Defenition of the word white plague

• Defenition of the word white plague

  • an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
  • involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

Synonyms for the word white plague

• • consumption
  • drug addiction
  • phthisis
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • wasting disease

Hyponyms for the word white plague

• • alcohol addiction
  • alcoholism
  • caffein addiction
  • cocaine addiction
  • drunkenness
  • heroin addiction
  • inebriation
  • nicotine addiction

Hypernyms for the word white plague

• • addiction
  • dependance
  • dependence
  • dependency
  • habituation
  • T.B.
  • TB
  • tuberculosis

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