tuberculosis : Idioms & Phrases
miliary tuberculosis
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noun acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)
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mycobacterium tuberculosis
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noun cause of tuberculosis
tubercle bacillus.
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pulmonary tuberculosis
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noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
white plague; phthisis; consumption; wasting disease.
