Meaning : A metallic element of the rare earth group. Used in lasers. Occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite.
Synonyms : atomic number 65, terbium
Meaning : 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).
Synonyms : t.b., tuberculosis
Meaning : A unit of information equal to 1000 gigabytes or 10^12 (1,000,000,000,000) bytes.
Synonyms : terabyte