TUBERCULOSIS

an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by a specific organism and characterized by small, firm, rounded nodules or swellings called tubercles. —HSSC Glossary, Sept 90, —9th ACC Volume 1 Approved Glossary

an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by a specific organism and characterized by small, firm, rounded nodules or swellings called tubercles. And this is tissue that's been affected by tuberculosis. -Principles of Auditing (5 Sept. 61) an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by a specific organism and characterized by small, firm, rounded nodules or swellings called tubercles.an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs.