different between tuberculosis vs bcg

English

Etymology

To international scientific vocabulary from New Latin, from Latin tuberculum (diminutive of tuber (“lump”)) +? -osis (“diseased condition”); named for the encapsulated colonies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within the lungs in pulmonary tuberculosis, which can look like small tubers (tubercles) on gross pathology. The disease has existed throughout human experience and had other names for millennia before scientific medicine renamed it with a New Latin term in the mid-19th century (1840s); in English it was called consumption because of the wasting away that consumed health and seemed even to consume flesh in some cases (for example, causing fistulas and tissue breakdown).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tju??b??(r)kj??l??s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

tuberculosis (countable and uncountable, plural tuberculoses)

1. (pathology) 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. [from 1839]

Synonyms

• phthisic
• consumption
• TB (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Related terms

• DR-TB
• DS-TB
• MDR-TB
• Mtb
• XDR-TB

Translations

See also

• Burkholderia gladioli

Asturian

Noun

tuberculosis f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) tuberculosis (infectious disease)

Interlingua

Noun

tuberculosis (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tuberculose.

Latin

Adjective

t?bercul?s?s

1. dative masculine plural of t?bercul?sus
2. dative feminine plural of t?bercul?sus
3. dative neuter plural of t?bercul?sus
4. ablative masculine plural of t?bercul?sus
5. ablative neuter plural of t?bercul?sus
6. ablative feminine plural of t?bercul?sus

Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin tuberculosis, from tuberc?lum (“tiny tumor”) and +? -osis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tube?ku?losis/, [t?u.??e?.ku?lo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Hyphenation: tu?ber?cu?lo?sis

Noun

tuberculosis f (plural tuberculosis)

1. tuberculosis

References