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tuberculosis

English

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Etymology

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To international scientific vocabulary from New Latin tūberculōsis, from Latin tūberculum (diminutive of tūber (“lump”)) ‎ Latin -ōsis (“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).

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Noun

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tuberculosis (countable and uncountable, plural tuberculoses)

  2. (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]
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 380:
      With smallpox gone, tuberculosis is today the deadliest infectious disease on the planet.

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Asturian

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Noun

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tuberculosis f (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) tuberculosis (infectious disease)

Interlingua

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Noun

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tuberculosis (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of tuberculose.

Latin

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Etymology 1

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tūberculum ‎ -ōsis

Noun

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tūberculōsis f (genitive tūberculōsis); third declension

  1. (New Latin, pathology) tuberculosis
Declension
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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative tūberculōsis tūberculōsēs
genitive tūberculōseos
tūberculōsis 		tūberculōseōn
dative tūberculōsi tūberculōsesin
tūberculōsibus
accusative tūberculōsin
tūberculōsim 		tūberculōseis
ablative tūberculōsi tūberculōsesin
tūberculōsibus
vocative tūberculōsis tūberculōsēs

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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tūberculōsīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of tūberculōsus

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Scientific Latin tuberculosis, from tubercŭlum (“tiny tumor”) and ‎ -osis.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tubeɾkuˈlosis/ [t̪u.β̞eɾ.kuˈlo.sis]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -osis
  • Syllabification: tu‧ber‧cu‧lo‧sis

Noun

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tuberculosis f (plural tuberculosis)

  1. tuberculosis

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References

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  1. ^ “tuberculosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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