tuberculosamin (tu-ber"xu-lo-sam'in)

An amin occurring in the tubercle bacillus tuberculosis (tu-ber-ku-lo's is). A disease caused by the presence of the bacilli of tuberculosis in the body ti ues. The most common form is the pulmonary. See pulmonary phthisis. The primary anatomical lesion is the tubercle, hence the name. acute miliary t. A sudden general eruption of miliary tubercles in various parts of the body, anatomical t. See verruca necrogenica, under verruca. anthracotic t. See pneumonoconiosis. avian t. T. affecting birds, bovine t. Pearl disease; t. as it occurs in cattle. Probably due to a distinct strain of bacilli. cerebral t. See tuberculous meningitis, under meningitis, intestinal t. T. affecting a part or all of the intestinal tract. meningeal t. See tuberculous meningitis, under meningitis, miliary t. An acute or chronic disease caused by infiltration of one or more parts of the body with miliary tubercles, t. of the skin (miliary). Syn.: t. cutis vera, t. cutis or i facial is, t. ulcerosa. A rare affection consisting of the occurrence of miliary tubercles in the skin, rarely seen before they have undergone caseous degeneration and become ulcers, t. verrucosa cutis. See lupus verrucosus, under lupus; also known as verruca necrogenica. [Lat., tuberculum, a tubercle.]