| tuberculocele | Tuberculosis of the testes. Origin: tuberculo-+ G. Kele, tumour, hernia (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tuberculochemotherapeutic | Relating to the treatment of tuberculosis by tuberculostatic or tuberculocidal drugs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculocidal | Destructive to the tubercle bacillus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculoderma | 1. Any tubercular process of the skin. 2. The cutaneous manifestation of tuberculosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculofibroid | A discrete, well-circumscribed, usually spheroidal, moderately to extremely firm, encapsulated nodule that is formed during the process of healing in a focus of tuberculous granulomatous inflammation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculoid | Resembling tuberculosis or a tubercle. Origin: tuberculo-+ G. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculoid leprosy | A benign, stable, and resistant form of the disease in which the lepromin reaction is strongly positive and in which the lesions are erythematous, insensitive, infiltrated plaques with clear-cut edges. Synonym: nodular leprosy, smooth leprosy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculoid rosacea | Papular lesions in rosacea, characterised microscopically by perifollicular granulomas with central necrosis and scattered giant cells. Lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei is probably a form of granulomatous rosacea. Synonym: rosacea-like tuberculid, tuberculoid rosacea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculoma | A tumour-like but non-neoplastic mass, usually in the lungs or brain, due to localised tuberculous infection resulting in the enlargement of a tuberculous lesion. Origin: tuberculo-+ G. -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculoprotein | Any one, or a mixture of any or all of the proteins present in the body of the tubercle bacillus, all of which have been found to possess certain properties of tuberculin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis | <disease, microbiology> An infection caused by a species of Mycobacterium, still remains a major worldwide health problem. Although deaths from this disease have declined since the 1950's there has been some increase in tuberculosis incidence. Tuberculosis is transmitted from person to person by an aerosol of organisms suspended in tiny droplets that are inhaled. Acronym: TB (27 Sep 1997) |
| tuberculosis cutis | Pathologic lesions of the skin caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Synonym: dermal tuberculosis, tuberculosis cutis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis cutis follicularis disseminata | Dusky-red papules followed by crusting and ulceration primarily on the extremities and predominantly in young adults with a deep focus of tuberculosis or with a history of preceding infection. Synonym: tuberculosis cutis follicularis disseminata, tuberculosis papulonecrotica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis cutis luposa | Cutaneous tuberculosis with characteristic nodular lesions on the face, particularly about the nose and ears. Synonym: lupus tuberculosus, tuberculosis cutis luposa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tuberculosis cutis orificialis | Any tuberculous lesion in or about the mouth or anus. Synonym: tuberculosis ulcerosa. (05 Mar 2000) |