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The name comes from the small lumps or "tubercules" that form in the lungs.
"Tubercule" is the diminuitive of the Latin word "tuber" that comes to us unchanged to describe a type of fleshy root in English. It could be translated literally as "small potato".
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoTuberculosis used to be called consumption!
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∙ 14y agoThe former name of tuberculosis was consumption.
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∙ 11y agoThere are a few names
-white plague
-Koch's disease
-wasting disease
-TB
-consumption
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∙ 9y agoConsumption.
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∙ 13y agoconsumption
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∙ 14y agoConsumption
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Who was the first person to get tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is named for the bacterium that causes it, "mycobacterium tuberculosis", which was first "seen" by Robert Koch, a German physician. Tuberculosis used to be called "consumption".
What is gastrointestinal tuberculosis called?
That's what it's called, "gastrointestinal tuberculosis"
What was tuberculosis once called?
At one time Tuberculosis was called consumption.
What is the illness called consumption?
Tuberculosis
What type of organism causes tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium called as Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
How does one get Tuberculosis?
Passed on from bacteria. Either from a person with tuberculosis coughing on them or if they used a cup that someone with tuberculosis just used etcc.. x
What medical term for skin test used to determine the presence of tuberculosis infection?
The only thing I've heard the skin test for tuberculosis called is the tuberculin skin test.
What type of microorganism causes tuberculosis?
The bacteria that causes tuberculosis is mycobacterium tuberculosis an acid fast bacteria
What causes turbeculosis?
Tuberculosis is caused by an acid-fast bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What are the cause of tubercolosis?
Tuberculosis caused due to infection with germs called Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
What is the common and scientific name for tuberculosis?
Hey...tuberculosis it self a scientific name for disease.....also abbreviated as T.B. although in clinical practice it also called as"kox" or K-chest for pulmonary(lungs) tuberculosis
What was the disease caused by milk?
Unpasteurized milk can transmit you a type of tuberculosis called as bovine tuberculosis.
