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Traditional English :: tubercle
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tuberculosis.html - n. 1 a small rounded protuberance esp. on a bone. 2 a small rounded swelling on the body or in an organ, esp. a nodular lesion characteristic of tuberculosis in the lungs etc. 3 a small tuber; a wartlike growth. tubercle bacillus a bacterium causing tuberculosis. tuberculate adj. tuberculous adj. [L tuberculum, dimin. of tuber: see TUBER] |
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Traditional English :: tubercular
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tuberculosis.html - adj. & n. --adj. of or having tubercles or tuberculosis. --n. a person with tuberculosis. [f. L tuberculum (as TUBERCLE)] |
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Traditional English :: tuberculation
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tuberculosis.html - n.
1 the formation of tubercles.
2 a growth of tubercles. [f. L tuberculum (as TUBERCLE)] |
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Traditional English :: tuberculin
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tuberculosis.html - n. a sterile liquid from cultures of tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. tuberculin test a hypodermic injection of tuberculin to detect a tubercular infection. tuberculin-tested (of milk) from cows giving a negative response to a tuberculin test. [f. L tuberculum (as TUBERCLE)] |
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Traditional English :: tuberculosis
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tuberculosis.html - n. an infectious disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis, characterized by tubercles, esp. in the lungs (see also pulmonary tuberculosis). |
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Traditional English :: tuber
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tuberculosis.html - n. 1 a the short thick rounded part of a stem or rhizome, usu. found underground and covered with modified buds, e.g. in a potato. b the similar root of a dahlia etc. 2 Anat. a lump or swelling. [L, = hump, swelling] |
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