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Researching in an attempt to find a specific date when consumption was changed to tuberculosis has been difficult. The best information available tends to lead one to believe that this change occurred around 1950. Consumption can still refer to the terminal stage of tuberculosis.
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Which of these diseases was originally known as consumption?
tuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis
What is the illness called consumption?
Tuberculosis
What was tuberculosis once called?
At one time Tuberculosis was called consumption.
What formerly call consumption?
Tuberculosis.
What is another term for tuberculosis?
Historically it was called "Consumption". The historical term "consumption" came about due to the weight loss associated with the disease.
Disease consumption old name?
It is an old word for the disease Tuberculosis.
What is consumption that Beethoven parents died from?
Consumption was another word for tuberculosis.
What disease does Nicole kidman's character in Moulin Rouge have?
She had TB (tuberculosis), or what was commonly referred to as "consumption" in those days.
How did Charles.E Goddard died?
consumption (tuberculosis)
Who was the first person to get tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is named for the bacterium that causes it, "mycobacterium tuberculosis", which was first "seen" by Robert Koch, a German physician. Tuberculosis used to be called "consumption".
What is an example of a sentence using the word consumption?
Consumption was a serious disease that is now known as tuberculosis.
What is the medical term meaning consumption?
The disease referred to as consumption is called tuberculosis in medical terms.
