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Definition of: tuberculosis
(t·bûr′kyə·lō′sis, ty-) noun Pathol.
A communicable disease caused by infection with the tubercle bacillus, characterized by the formation of tubercles within some organ or tissue: when affecting the lungs, known as pulmonary tuberculosis. [<NL <L tuberculum TUBERCLE + -OSIS]
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