tuberculosis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
    TB; T.B..

WordNet

Tu*ber`cu*lo"sis noun
Etymology
NL. See Tubercle.
Definitions
  1. (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. caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. See Tubercle bacillus.

Webster 1913