metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

apatite - a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus

gadolinite, ytterbite - a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium

monazite - a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

Pott's disease - TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine

miliary tuberculosis - acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)

phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease, white plague, consumption - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body

king's evil, scrofula, struma - a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands

lupus vulgaris - tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars

computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory

gigabyte, GB, G - a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824) bytes or 1024 megabytes