miliary tuberculosis

Noun

Meaning

acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream)

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Synonyms

consumption granulomatous disease bronchiolitis atelectasis tuberculous disease ground-glass opacities aspiration pneumonia alveolar infiltrates extrapulmonary tuberculosis diffuse pulmonary infiltration granulomatous lung disease granulomatous tuberculosis acute tuberculous peritonitis chest infection eosinophilic pneumonia

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Hypernyms

tuberculosis TB

Close letter words and terms

miliary miliary abscess miliary fever Miliband Milibandian miliblog