Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tuberculosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tuberculosis \Tu*ber`cu*lo"sis\, n. [NL. See {Tubercle}.] (Med.)
A constitutional disease characterized by the production of
tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the
lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of
pulmonary consumption.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tuberculosis
n : 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) [syn: {TB}, {T.B.}]
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