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With lumps or nodules.  

Relating to or affected with tuberculosis, or conditions marked by infiltration of a specific tubercle, as opposed to the term tubercular, referring to a nonspecific tubercle.  

A test to see if someone has tuberculosis, in which someone is exposed to tuberculin and the reaction of the skin is noted. Test to determine past or present infection or exposure to tuberculosis, based on a skin reaction to injection, scratching, or puncturing of the skin with tuberculin, a purified protein derivative of the…

A substance which is derived from the culture of the tuberculosis bacillus and is used to test people for the presence of tuberculosis. A substance derived from tubercle bacilli (tuberculosis- causing organisms), used to diagnose tuberculosis or exposure to the disease. A protein extract from cultures of tubercle bacilli, used to test whether a person…

A skin wound caused by tuberculosis. A papular lesion in the skin, probably due to an allergic reaction to tuberculosis infection. The term given to any skin lesion which is the result of infection with the tubercle bacillus, or Mycobacterium tuberculosis as it is now known. A tuberculous cutaneous eruption caused by toxins of tuberculosis.…

Causing or referring to tuberculosis. Referring to someone who has tuberculosis. With small lumps, though not always due to tuberculosis. Having small rounded swellings or nodules, not necessarily caused by tuberculosis. Relating to a tubercle. The precise adjective is “tuberculous,” but in modern medical practice, both “tuberculous” and “tubercular” are commonly used interchangeably when referring…

The part of the brain to which the stalk of the pituitary gland is connected. A part of the base of the hypothalamus bordered by the mammillary bodies, the optic chiasma, and on either side by the optic tract. It is connected by the infundibulum with the posterior lobe of the pituitary.  

A condition in which the Fallopian tubes are blocked, either as a result of disease or surgery.  

Referring to a tube.  

A form of typhus caused by the Rickettsia bacteria, passed to humans by mites found in South East Asia. A condition triggered by parasitic bacteria known as rickettsia, spread through the larvae of a particular mite, and commonly found in regions such as Japan, Sumatra, and New Guinea.