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Bacillus tuberculosis 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.
Tuberculose Tuberculose Tu*ber"cu*lose`, Tuberculous Tu*ber"cu*lous, a.
Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by,
tubercles; tubercular.
Tuberculosed Tuberculosed Tu*ber"cu*losed`, a. (Med.)
Affected with tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis Tuberculosis Tu*ber`cu*lo"sis, n. [NL. See Tubercle.] (Med.)
A constitutional disease characterized by the production of
tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the
lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of
pulmonary consumption.
