TB is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is also called a tubercle bacillus. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Tuberculosis, or 'TB', is a disease caused by a germ (called the tubercle bacterium or Mycobacterium tuberculosis). From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
This containing structure, called a tubercle, physically protects the bacteria from being destroyed by the immune system. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
In the female a deep groove forms around the phallus and separates it from the rest of the cloacal tubercle, which is now termed the genital tubercle. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3. The Urogenital Apparatus] Reference
It is said of a plant or a fruit or a tubercle which is very fibrous. jerezano. From Wordnik.com. [I learned a new word today] Reference
The condition is liable to be mistaken for some chronic inflammatory condition of the bone, such as tubercle, unless an X-ray examination is made. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.] Reference
The tubercle usually undergoes a cheesy degeneration. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Sometimes the capsule of the tubercle is filled with pus. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
~ -- (To demonstrate tubercle and other acid-fast bacilli.) 1. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Facial tubercle: Diptera; a median convexity below middle of face. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Stain in hot carbol-fuchsin (as for tubercle bacilli) for five to ten minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
This is the case in the methods for staining the tubercle bacillus and also in. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The rachis of the spike is angular, with scattered tubercle-based bristly hairs. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Films containing tubercle bacilli must of course be stained by the Ziehl Neelsen method. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
The effect of the tubercle bacillus on the body is to irritate and destroy the tissues. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
A tubercle, b, surmounts the lower part, c, of the prostate, and blocks up the vesical orifice. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Thorax: the scutellum prominent, forming a rounded tubercle, the metathorax elongate and oblique. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Even when not actually infected with tubercle bacilli, they are fertile soil for the production of these germs. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
(This often, but not invariably, removes the stain from acid-fast bacilli other than tubercle; e. g., smegma bacillus.) 7. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Lateral tubercle: lateral on thoracic and abdominal segments of caterpillars: it is 3 of the abdomen, 2a of thorax: constant (Dyar). From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Thus the bacteria in the tubercle on the pea seems to be of a different order from the bacteria in the tubercles of the lupin, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Ill-ventilated rooms, cramped positions, lack of exercise in the open air, prepare lungs to give a cordial reception to tubercle bacilli. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
"Perhaps if you should open a man's mouth and pour in tubercle bacilli he might get phthisis, but compulsory notification is preposterous.". From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
It is a germ-free fluid prepared by growing the tubercle bacillus in culture medium (bouillon) until charged with the toxic products of their growth. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Tuberculosis is a contagious an and domestic animals, affecting any the lymphatic glands and lungs, change in the tissues is the formation tubercle or nodule. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Calves allowed to nurse a tubercular mother that is giving off tubercle bacilli frequently develop enlarged throat glands and the intestinal form of the disease. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The tubercle bacillus is not really destroyed by external influences, and it may retain its virulence for several months in dried sputum if protected from the light. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
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