| 单词 |
tuberculosis |
| 释义 |
‖ tuberculosis Path.|tjuːˌbɜːkjʊˈləʊsɪs|
[mod.L., f. tūbercul-um tubercle: see -osis.]
Originally, Any disease characterized by the formation of tubercles; now, since the discovery by Koch in 1882 of the tubercle-bacillus, spec. restricted to disease caused by this bacillus in any of the bodily tissues; examples are pulmonary consumption or phthisis (tuberculosis of the lungs), and scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands). Also attrib.
1860Tanner Pregnancy ii. 48 Many females with a tendency to tuberculosis having a copious watery catamenial flow. 1873T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 203 Acute tuberculosis is..a general infective disease,..characterized..by..numerous minute nodular lesions..in the various organs and tissues. 1877Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 267 Looking upon tuberculosis as a constitutional disease, it has almost universally been regarded as having a hereditary origin.
attrib.1898Westm. Gaz. 13 June 10/1 The provision of sanatoria for poor tuberculosis patients. 1899Queen Victoria in Daily News 27 May 7/6, I beg your Excellency to express in my name to the Lung Tuberculosis Congress my best thanks for the good wishes tendered to me. 1913Times 6 Aug. 8/4 Milk containing tuberculosis bacilli. |
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