tuberculosis

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Of even greater concern is extensively drug resistant tuberculosis, which is even more resistant to an even greater number of drugs, making treatment extremely difficult.

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  1. noun An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs and other tissues of the body, often developing long after the initial infection.
  2. noun Tuberculosis of the lungs, characterized by the coughing up of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain.

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  • You see, Dad had recently returned from a three-year stay at the Essex Mountain Sanitarium in Verona, N.J., a tuberculosis isolation hospital. —  CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News
  • If you contract tuberculosis, your best hope is to be shipped off to a sanatorium, where you will live a regimented life and sleep outdoors in subzero temperatures. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an intracellular pathogen encounters redox stress throughout its life inside the host. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given New Mexico "split status" for bovine tuberculosis, meaning only two counties in the state will be under strict … —  WIVB TV
  • Although those numbers seem small, tuberculosis is almost nonexistent in many states. —  Merced Sun-Star: front
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin tūberculum, tubercle; see tubercle + -osis.

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  1. New Latin, from Latin tuberculum, tubercle, + -osis.
 

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/tjubərkjuˈloʊsɪs/
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