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Definition of Tubercle bacillus

Tubercle bacillus
Tubercle Tu"ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See Tuber.] 1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy. 2. (Med.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption. Tubercle bacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Bacillus tuberculosis) discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause of tubercles and tuberculosis.

Meaning of Tubercle bacillus from wikipedia

- tuberculosis virulence in animal models. M. tuberculosis, then known as the "tubercle bacillus", was first described on 24 March 1882 by Robert Koch, who subsequently...
- § "Two varieties of the tubercle bacillus from mammals." pp. 149-161. Smith T (1896). "Two varieties of the tubercle bacillus from mammals". Transactions...
- anthrax bacillus... Microscopic examination then showed that only the previously blue-stained cell nuclei and detritus became brown, while the tubercle bacilli...
- gonorrhoeae Actinomyces Burkholderia mallei (Glanders bacillus) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tubercle bacillus) Staphylococcus aureus bacteria is the most common...
- medium for E. coli Tuberculosis (TB), a chronic infectious disease Tubercle bacillus, another name for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen causing...
- influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the tubercle bacillus, may also cause lobar pneumonia if pulmonary tuberculosis is not treated...
- phthisis as a disease of dry seasons. The abbreviation TB is short for tubercle bacillus. Consumption was the most common nineteenth century English word for...
- children's allergic reaction. Tuberculin is a glycerol extract of the tubercle bacillus. Purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin is a precipitate of...
- the leprosy bacillus in the laboratory. Twort suspected that the leprosy bacillus had a 'close relationship' with the tubercle bacillus, a species that...
- of Tuberculosis. Part 2 – the Sanatoria and the Discoveries of the Tubercle Bacillus". Journal of Military and Veterans' Health. Retrieved May 12, 2017...