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/pˈʊlmənˌɛri təbˌərkjəlˈoʊsɪs/ Listen

Pulmonary tuberculosis

noun

Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body. Synonyms: consumption, phthisis, wasting disease, white plague.

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... mother with pulmonary tuberculosis should not nurse her child. An infant born of tuberculosis parents or of a family in which consumption prevails, should be brought up with the greatest care and guarded most particularly against catarrhal affections of all kinds. Special attention should be given to the ...

— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

Words linked to "Pulmonary tuberculosis" : consumption, tb, T.B., tuberculosis