| tuberculin-type h. |
older name for delayed h.
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| tuberculization |
the formation of or conversion into tubercles.
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| tuberculocidal |
lethal to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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| tuberculoid l. |
the relatively benign, least infectious, and usually self-limited polar type of leprosy in which, as a result of well-developed cell-mediated immunity to Mycobacterium leprae, acid-fast bacilli usually cannot be identified in the lesions. It is characterized by early severe damage to the nerves and by the presence of one to a few typically asymmetric, sharply defined, anesthetic, hypopigmented or erythematous macules or plaques with elevated borders and dry, rough surfaces (leprids).
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| tuberculosis granulation t. |
the tissue that forms the characteristic tubercle in tuberculosis, composed of epithelioid cells in concentric masses, lymphocytes, and often Langhans' giant cells.
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