- Dictionary
- T
- Tubercle
- Related Words
Words related to tubercle
tu·ber·cle
T t -
tubercular
pertaining to tuberculosis; tuberculous. -
tuberculin
a sterile liquid prepared from cultures of the tubercle bacillus, used in the diagnosis and, formerly, in the treatment of tuberculosis. -
tuberculoid
resembling a tubercle. -
bacillus calmette-guérin
a weakened strain of the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, used in the preparation of BCG vaccine. -
bcg vaccine
a vaccine made from weakened strains of tubercle bacilli, used to produce immunity against tuberculosis. -
johne's disease
a chronic diarrheal disease of cattle and sheep caused by infection with Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, an organism related to the tubercle bacillus.