Tuberculosis Definition

to͝o-bûrkyə-lōsĭs, tyo͝o-
noun
An infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles in various tissues of the body; specif., tuberculosis of the lungs; pulmonary phthisis.
Webster's New World
Tuberculosis of the lungs, characterized by the coughing up of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain.
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Noun

Singular:
tuberculosis
Plural:
tuberculoses

Origin of Tuberculosis

  • From Latin tuberculum (diminutive of tuber (“lump")) +"Ž -osis (“diseased condition").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin tūberculum tubercle tubercle –osis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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