an infectious disease caused by bacteria that primarily affects the lungs
From Latin 'tuberculum' (small swelling) + '-osis' (condition), coined in 1839 by German physician Johann Schönlein
Tuberculosis was once called 'consumption' because it seemed to consume people from within. The name comes from the small tubercles or nodules it creates in infected tissue.
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