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tuberculosis (iou)



tuberculosis noun. . M19.
[mod. Latin, from Latin tuberculum TUBERCLE + -OSIS.]
Medicine & Veterinary Medicine. Orig., any disease characterized by the formation of tubercles. Now spec. a disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (or, esp. in animals, by a related bacillus) and characterized by the formation of nodular lesions or tubercles in the tissues. Abbreviation TB.
miliary tuberculosis: see MILIARY adjective2 2. pulmonary tuberculosis: characterized by primary infection of the lungs, with fever, night sweating, weight loss, and spitting of blood; also called consumption, phthisis.