tuberculosis
English edit
Etymology edit
To international scientific vocabulary from New Latin tūberculōsis, from Latin tūberculum (diminutive of tūber (“lump”)) + Latin -ōsis (“diseased condition”); named for the encapsulated colonies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within the lungs in pulmonary tuberculosis, which can look like small tubers (tubercles) on gross pathology. The disease has existed throughout human experience and had other names for millennia before scientific medicine renamed it with a New Latin term in the mid-19th century (1840s); in English it was called consumption because of the wasting away that consumed health and seemed even to consume flesh in some cases (for example, causing fistulas and tissue breakdown).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tjuːˌbɜː(ɹ)kjʊˈləʊsɪs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /tuˌbɚkjʊˈloʊsɪs/
- Rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Noun edit
tuberculosis (countable and uncountable, plural tuberculoses)
- (pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 380:
- With smallpox gone, tuberculosis is today the deadliest infectious disease on the planet.
Synonyms edit
- phthisic
- consumption
- TB (abbreviation)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
Asturian edit
Noun edit
tuberculosis f (uncountable)
- (pathology) tuberculosis (infectious disease)
Interlingua edit
Noun edit
tuberculosis (uncountable)
- Alternative form of tuberculose.
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
tūberculum + -ōsis
Noun edit
tūberculōsis f (genitive tūberculōsis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tūberculōsis | tūberculōsēs |
Genitive | tūberculōseos tūberculōsis |
tūberculōseōn |
Dative | tūberculōsi | tūberculōsesin tūberculōsibus |
Accusative | tūberculōsin tūberculōsim |
tūberculōseis |
Ablative | tūberculōsi | tūberculōsesin tūberculōsibus |
Vocative | tūberculōsis | tūberculōsēs |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
tūberculōsīs
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Scientific Latin tuberculosis, from tubercŭlum (“tiny tumor”) and + -osis.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /tubeɾkuˈlosis/ [t̪u.β̞eɾ.kuˈlo.sis]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: tu‧ber‧cu‧lo‧sis
Noun edit
tuberculosis f (plural tuberculosis)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “tuberculosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading edit
- “tuberculosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014