Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Tubercle Tu"ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F.
tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See {Tuber}.]
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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.
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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.
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{Tubercle bacillus} (Med.), a minute vegetable organism
({Mycobacterium tuberculosis}, formerly {Bacillus
tuberculosis}, and also called {Koch's bacillus})
discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of
consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue. It is the
causative agent of tuberculosis.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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