white plague

Noun white plague has 2 senses

• white plague(n = noun.state) consumption, phthisis, pulmonary tuberculosis, wasting disease - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body; Array
is a kind of t.b., tb, tuberculosis

• white plague(n = noun.state) drug addiction - an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug); Array
is a kind of addiction, dependance, dependence, dependency, habituation
has particulars: alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriation, cocaine addiction, heroin addiction, caffein addiction, nicotine addiction