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Tuberculous
Pertaining to tuberculosis. Affected by tuberculosis. Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. As in tuberculous meningitis. Also called tubercular and tuberculotic
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- Lichtenberg figures A fern-leaf pattern of reddish, painless marks on the skin that are a result of a skin reaction to a…
- Meltdown, genetic A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and…
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- Renal aneurysm An aneurysm involving the kidney