tuberculosis
Definitions of tuberculosis
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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)types:type of:enfermedad infecciosaa disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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