tuberculosis (noun)
21dihydrostreptomycin — noun antibiotic consisting of a hydrogenated form of streptomycin; used against tuberculosis and tularemia and Gram negative organisms • Hypernyms: ↑antibiotic, ↑antibiotic drug * * * |dīˌh]īdrō, dī|h]+ noun Etymology: International Scientific… …
22tuberculin test — noun a skin test to determine past or present infection with the tuberculosis bacterium; based on hypersensitivity of the skin to tuberculin • Syn: ↑tuberculin skin test • Hypernyms: ↑skin test • Hyponyms: ↑Mantoux test, ↑tine test * * * …
23wasting disease — noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body • Syn: ↑pulmonary tuberculosis, ↑consumption, ↑phthisis, ↑white plague • Hypernyms: ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B. * * * …
24pearl disease — noun : tuberculosis of serous membranes (as the pleura or peritoneum) with lesions in small rounded grayish elevations and appearing chiefly in cattle called also pearly disease * * * pearl disease noun Bovine tuberculosis • • • Main Entry:… …
25consumption — noun Etymology: Middle English consumpcioun, from Latin consumption , consumptio, from consumere Date: 14th century 1. a. a progressive wasting away of the body especially from pulmonary tuberculosis b. tuberculosis …
26tubercle bacillus — noun Date: circa 1890 a bacterium (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) that is a major cause of tuberculosis …
27tubercle bacillus — noun the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. [Mycobacterium tuberculosis.] …
28king's evil — noun a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑scrofula, ↑struma • Derivationally related forms: ↑scrofulous (for: ↑scrofula) …
29lupus vulgaris — noun tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars • Hypernyms: ↑lupus, ↑tuberculosis, ↑TB, ↑T.B …
30tubercle bacillus — noun cause of tuberculosis • Syn: ↑Mycobacterium tuberculosis • Hypernyms: ↑mycobacteria, ↑mycobacterium …
