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tuberculosis definition

tu·ber·cu·lo·sis (to̵o bʉr′kyə lō′sis, tə-)

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

Etymology: ModL: see tubercle & -osis

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