tuberculosis
意味
- 結核(《略》TB,T.B.)
- 肺結核
例文
These days few people suffer from tuberculosis.
最近、肺結核を患う人はほとんどいない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
To international scientific vocabulary from New Latin tūberculōsis, from Latin tūberculum (diminutive of tūber (“lump”)) + Latin -ōsis (“diseased condition”); by surface analysis, tubercul(um) + -osis; named for the encapsulated colonies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within the lungs in pulmonary tuberculosis, which can look like small tubers (tubercles) on gross pathology.