tuberculosis (noun)
51obstinacy — noun (plural cies) Date: 14th century 1. a. the quality or state of being obstinate ; stubbornness b. the quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue < the obstinacy of tuberculosis > 2. an instance of being obstinate …
52para-aminosalicylic acid — noun Date: 1946 the white crystalline para substituted isomer of aminosalicylic acid that is made synthetically and is used in the treatment of tuberculosis …
53phthisic — noun Etymology: Middle English tisike, from Anglo French, from Latin phthisicus suffering from tuberculosis, from Greek phthisikos, from phthisis Date: 14th century phthisis • phthisic or phthisical adjective …
54phthisis — noun (plural phthises) Etymology: Latin, from Greek, from phthinein to waste away; akin to Sanskrit kṣiṇoti he destroys Date: 1526 a progressively wasting or consumptive condition; especially pulmonary tuberculosis …
55Pott's disease — noun Etymology: Percivall Pott died 1788 English surgeon Date: 1835 tuberculosis of the spine with destruction of bone resulting in curvature of the spine …
56scrofula — noun Etymology: New Latin, back formation from Late Latin scrofulae, plural, swellings of the lymph nodes of the neck, from plural of scrofula, diminutive of Latin scrofa breeding sow Date: 1791 tuberculosis of lymph nodes especially in the neck …
57social disease — noun Date: 1891 1. venereal disease 2. a disease (as tuberculosis) whose incidence is directly related to social and economic factors …
58streptomycin — noun Date: 1944 an antibiotic organic base C21H39N7O12 that is produced by a soil actinomycete (Streptomyces griseus), is active against many bacteria, and is used especially in the treatment of infections (as tuberculosis) by gram negative… …
59tubercle — noun Etymology: Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber Date: 1578 1. a small knobby prominence or excrescence especially on a plant or animal ; nodule: as a. a protuberance near the head of a rib that articulates with the transverse process of a… …
60tuberculin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1890 a sterile liquid containing the growth products of or specific substances extracted from the tubercle bacillus and used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis especially in children… …
