tubercle
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- noun
- /ˈtjuːbərkəl/
- Specialized
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tubérculo
- Glutaraldehydes are capable of destroying all forms of microbial life, including bacterial and fungal spores, tubercle bacilli, and viruses.
- tubercle bacilli
Examples
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But with the discovery of the tubercle bacillus in 1882 and the establishment of sanatoriums, both men and women were relegated to lives of seclusion, sacrificing autonomy for the prospect of a cure.
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The doctor identified a small tubercle on the patient's lung during the X-ray examination.
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It had dropped to 2,000 per million 40 years later, in 1880, when the tubercle bacillus was finally identified.
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Sputum smears and cultures for tubercle bacilli usually give negative results.
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The latter two investigators enumerated 1,000 and 280,000 organisms per gram of tubercle, respectively.
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In addition, tubercle bacilli can reside in a healthy individual for many years in walled-off vesicles and then become active when health status worsens.
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The history of chronic sinusitis and bronchitis in our patient suggests that inadequate clearance of tubercle bacilli in respiratory secretions may have played a role.
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However, when drug treatment is stopped before all mycobacterium have been completely destroyed, there is a high risk that remaining tubercle bacilli will become reactivated as drug-resistant bacilli.
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Thus, new strategies for the eradication of latent organisms are required, and such strategies will arise from a better understanding of the mechanism by which the tubercle bacilli persist.
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A tubercle can form on the skin as a result of tuberculosis infection.
Compounds
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A small bump on the dark area around the nipple that makes oil to help breastfeeding
How Pointed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tubercle comes from the Latin tuber meaning 'lump', and the disease tuberculosis was named because it makes small lumps in the body. That's why a tubercle can mean a small swollen spot or nodule caused by the disease.