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lupus vulgaris

DEFINITIONS OF: lupus vulgaris

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n tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars

Type of:
T.B., TB, tuberculosis
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)
lupus
any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease
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