White plague
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White plague can refer to:
- The British colonizationBritish EmpireThe British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
of non-Caucasian parts of the world. - Any epidemic disease that makes the patients appear pale, especially tuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
during the 19th and early 20th century. - The White PlagueThe White PlagueThe White Plague is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert.-Plot:When an IRA bomb goes off, the wife and children of molecular biologist John Roe O'Neill are killed on May 20, 1996. Driven halfway insane by loss, his mind fragments into several personalities that carry out his plan for him. He...
, a 1982 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert featuring a bioengineered plague that kills females. - The White DiseaseThe White DiseaseThe White Disease is a play written by Czech novelist Karel Čapek in 1937. Written at a time of increasing threat from Nazi Germany to Czechoslovakia, it portrays a human response to a tense, prewar situation in an unnamed country that greatly resembles Germany with one extra, somewhat absurd...
(Czech:Bílá nemoc), a 1937 play by Karel Capek. - In microelectronics, a white gold-aluminium intermetallicGold-aluminium intermetallicsA gold-aluminium intermetallic is an intermetallic compound of gold and aluminium that occurs at contacts between the two metals. These intermetallics have different properties than the individual metals which can cause problems in wire bonding in microelectronics...
compound that degrades wire bonding between gold and aluminum - A disease caused by Aurantimonas coralicidaAurantimonadaceaeThe Aurantimonadaceae are a small family of marine bacteria. There are three known species. Aurantimonas coralicida causes a white plague in corals, progressively destroying their tissues and leaving an expanding area that appears bleached. It has been epidemic in the Caribbean. The individual...
bacteria, affecting and killing corals during summer. - The sub-replacement fertilitySub-replacement fertilitySub-replacement fertility is a total fertility rate that leads to each new generation being less populous than the previous one in a given area. In developed countries sub-replacement fertility is any rate below approximately 2.1 children born per woman, but the threshold can be as high as 3.4...
phenomenon, the decline in some nations of birthrates.