tuberculosis (noun)
11miliary tuberculosis — noun 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) • Hypernyms: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B. * * * noun : acute… …
12pulmonary tuberculosis — noun The most common form of active tuberculosis (TB) infecting the lungs. Syn: consumption …
13Mycobacterium tuberculosis — noun cause of tuberculosis • Syn: ↑tubercle bacillus • Hypernyms: ↑mycobacteria, ↑mycobacterium …
14pulmonary tuberculosis — noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body • Syn: ↑consumption, ↑phthisis, ↑wasting disease, ↑white plague • Hypernyms: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B …
15avian tuberculosis — noun : bird tuberculosis usually caused by a bacterium (Mycobacterium avium); also : infection of mammals (as swine) by this species of Mycobacterium …
16miliary tuberculosis — /mɪljəri təbɜkjuˈloʊsəs/ (say milyuhree tuhberkyooh lohsuhs) noun tuberculosis in which the bacilli are spread by the blood from one point of infection, producing small tubercles in other parts of the body …
17white plague — noun 1. involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body • Syn: ↑pulmonary tuberculosis, ↑consumption, ↑phthisis, ↑wasting disease • Hypernyms: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B …
18Pott's disease — noun TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine • Hypernyms: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B. * * * ˈpäts noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology: after Percivall Pott died 1788 English surgeon …
19T.B. — noun infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages) (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB • Derivationally …
20pseudotuberculosis — “+ noun Etymology: New Latin, from pseud + tuberculosis : any of several diseases characterized by the formation of granulomas resembling tubercular nodules but not caused by the tubercle bacillus: as a. : sarcoidosis b …
