Noun: white plague wIt pleyg
- Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
"The patient with white plague experienced chronic coughing and significant weight loss";
- pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis [archaic], wasting disease
- An addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
"His white plague led to severe health and social problems";
- drug addiction
Derived forms: white plagues
Type of: addiction, dependance [non-standard], dependence, dependency, habituation, T.B., TB, tuberculosis
Encyclopedia: White plague