| Noun | 1. | 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)Pott's disease - TB of the spine with destruction of vertebrae resulting in curvature of the spine 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) lupus vulgaris - tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars | |