单词	tuberculosis
释义	tuberculosis noun tu·​ber·​cu·​lo·​sis tu̇-ˌbər-kyə-ˈlō-səs  tyu̇- plural tuberculoses tu̇-ˌbər-kyə-ˈlō-ˌsēz  tyu̇- : a highly variable communicable disease of humans and some other vertebrates that is caused by the tubercle bacillus and rarely in the U.S. by a related mycobacterium (Mycobacterium bovis), that affects especially the lungs but may spread to other areas (such as the kidney or spinal column), and that is characterized by fever, cough, difficulty in breathing, formation of tubercles, caseation, pleural effusions, and fibrosis Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web It is commonly used to test for tuberculosis with a small amount of fluid called tuberculin injected just under the skin. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022 An infectious-diseases researcher at Texas Biomedical Research Institute has been cited by a federal watchdog agency for falsifying data in a scientific paper on treatments for tuberculosis, as well as in two grant applications. Tony Quesada, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Aug. 2022 Muslim inmates were upset they would soon be tested for tuberculosis with an injection that contained alcohol in violation of their religious views. Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 29 June 2022 Federal aviation officials blocked funding to expand the city’s airport because of excess smoke and dust, and medical leaders refused to build a tuberculosis hospital in Birmingham. Shane Loeffler, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2022 The county health department warned San Diego transit riders Thursday to be on the lookout for tuberculosis symptoms, after a passenger recently tested positive for the disease. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Columnist Patt Morrison details how sanitariums became a booming business in SoCal in the late 1800s, and then a community problem as thousands of tuberculosis sufferers flocked to the state hoping for a cure. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022 The method is used chiefly for an old tuberculosis test. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 In medicine, the intradermal injection method is most commonly used to do tuberculosis skin tests, Tong said. Catherine Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology New Latin First Known Use 1839, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition tuberculosis noun tu·​ber·​cu·​lo·​sis tu̇-ˌbər-kyə-ˈlō-səs  tyu̇- : a serious disease that mostly affects the lungs and in which there is fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing Medical Definition tuberculosis noun tu·​ber·​cu·​lo·​sis t(y)u̇-ˌbər-kyə-ˈlō-səs  plural tuberculoses -ˌsēz  : a usually chronic highly variable disease that is caused by a bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium (M. tuberculosis) and rarely in the United States by a related mycobacterium (M. bovis), is usually communicated by inhalation of the airborne causative agent, affects especially the lungs but may spread to other areas (as the kidney or spinal column) from local lesions or by way of the lymph or blood vessels, and is characterized by fever, cough, difficulty in breathing, inflammatory infiltrations, formation of tubercles, caseation, pleural effusion, and fibrosis called also TB
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