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tuberculosis Etymology Atlas

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, An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. Pro
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