#tuberculosis__TB__T.B.  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)
  supertype:  #infectious_disease  a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
  subtype:  #Pott's_disease  TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine
  subtype:  #miliary_tuberculosis  acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)
  subtype:  #pulmonary_tuberculosis__consumption__phthisi__wasting_disease__wastingdisease__white_plague__whiteplague  involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
  subtype:  #scrofula__struma__king's_evil  a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
  subtype:  #lupus_vulgaris  tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars

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