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TUBER TUBERCULE TUBERCULIN TUBERCULOSIS TUBERCULUM TUBEROUS
SCLEROSIS
SCLEROSIS
~ TUBER id+ | PROMINENCE | id+ | POTATO LIKE | SWELLING see> TUMOR ~ TUBERCULE SINGLE TUBER ~ TUBERCULIN or ~ TUBERCULOSIS TBC or id+ | PHTHISIS | ~ TUBERCULUM MANY TUBERCULA ~ TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS or med> DISORDER characterized by id+ | KNOB LIKE FIBROUS TUBERCULA | med> TUBERCULOSIS is a complex BACTERIAL INFECTION by TUBERCLE BACILLUS or MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS or M BOVIS OFTEN CAUSING PULMONARY NODE or TUBER LIKE LESIONS med> TUBERCULINE IS A STERILE SOLUTION CONTAINING GROWTH PRODUCTS FROM CULTURES OF THE MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INTRODUCED BY R KOCH [#] IN 1890 WITH THE FAILED HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE CURATIVE INSTEAD TUBERULINE CAUSES AN ALLERGIC REACTION USEFUL AS A SKIN TEST FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF TBC INFECTIONS hx> A "WASTING DISEASE" thus formerly known as see> PHTHISIS med> TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS is caused by A GENETIC AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT MUTATION CAUSING THE GROWTH OF MULTIPLE TUBER LIKE NEOPLASTIC NODES as well as a variety of TRULY MALIGNANT CANCERS |