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tuberculosis

/tʊ,bɜrkjə'loʊsɪs/

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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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t.b. tb

type of:
infectious disease

Definition that contains tuberculosis

lupus vulgaris tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars