Tuberculosis
[tjʊ,bɜːkjʊ'ləʊsɪs] or [tʊ'bɝkjə'losɪs]
Definition
(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).
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Definition
(n.) 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.
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Examples
- On the other hand, bacteria are the cause of many of the most dangerous diseases, such as typhoid fever, tuberculosis, influenza, and la grippe. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He died September 14, 1898, at his country home in Citronelle, Alabama, a victim of tuberculosis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- BACILLUS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN SPUTUM. BACILLUS OF DIPHTHERIA (KLEBS-LOEFFLER). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The bedding and clothing of persons suffering with diphtheria, tuberculosis, and other germ diseases should always be boiled and hung to dry in the bright sunlight. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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