tuberculous enteritis

tu·ber·cu·lous en·ter·i·tis

enteric tuberculosis may be caused by bovine tuberculosis contracted through drinking unpasteurized milk or swallowing tubercle bacilli expectorated from cavitary lesions in the lung; may occur in the absence of obvious pulmonary t.

tu·ber·cu·lous en·ter·i·tis

(tū-bĕr'kyū-lŭs en'tĕr-ī'tis) Enteric tuberculosis that may occur in the absence of obvious pulmonary tuberculosis; may be caused by bovine tuberculosis contracted through consumption of unpasteurized milk or ingestion of tubercle bacilli expectorated from cavitary lesions in the lung.