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tuberculo-|tjuːˈbɜːkjʊləʊ| combining form of L. tūbercul-um tubercle, properly used adverbially; also attrib. or objectively (instead of the regular tuberculi-: see -o1), in several technical terms, chiefly of pathology and medicine. tuˈberculoˌcele |-siːl| [Gr. κήλη tumour], ‘tuberculous disease of the testicle’ (Dorland Med. Dict. 1900–13). tuˈberculoˌcide |-saɪd| [irreg. for *tuberculicide: see -cide], any preparation which destroys the tubercle-bacillus; hence tuˌberculoˈcidin [-in1], an albumose obtained from tuberculin, used as a tuberculicide. ‖ tuˌberculoˈderma [Gr. δέρµα skin], tuberculosis of the skin (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). tuˌberculo-ˈfibroid a., ‘characterized by tubercle that has undergone a fibroid degeneration’ (Dorland). tuˌberculo-opˈsonic a., relating to the opsonin of the tubercle-bacillus. tuˌberculoˈphobia [-phobia], a morbid dread of tuberculosis. tuˌberculoˈplasmin, a solution of the protoplasm of tubercle-bacilli. tuˌberculo-ˈprotein, protein from the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tuˌberculosecˈtorial a. Zool. [sectorial a.2], applied to a type of molar teeth having high conical tubercles or cusps adapted for cutting. tuˌberculo-ˈsquamous a. [squamous], characterized by tubercles and scales. tuˌberculoˈstatic a. [-static], inhibiting the multiplication of the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. tuˌberculoˈtherapy [Gr. θεραπεία nurture, medical treatment], ‘treatment of tuberculous patients by feeding with the raw flesh of animals affected by tuberculosis’ (Dorland). tuˌberculoˈtoxin, ‘any toxin of the tubercle bacillus’ (ibid.). tuˌberculoˈtropic a. [? after heliotropic, etc.: cf. tropic a.1 4], having the property of combining chemically with the tubercle-bacillus.
c1900Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. I. 461 *Tuberculocide.
1892Pall Mall G. 23 July 5/1 An experiment..on twelve more or less tuberculous persons with the so-called *tuberculocidin, which is a modification of Professor Koch's remedy, invented by Professor Klebs, of Zurich. 1895Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. IX. 903/1 Tuberculin yields about two and a half per cent. of tuberculocidin.
1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 255 Sir A. Clark..describes two main forms [of pneumoconiosis] as..the *tuberculo-fibroid and fibro⁓tuberculous.
1907Med. Record 14 Dec. 987 In one of these [cases] the *tuberculo-opsonic index was from normal to 0·7 below normal.
1901Lancet 27 July 192/1 *Tuberculophobia must not be produced, the patient must not be made a pariah.
c1900Buck's Handbk. Med. Sc. I. 692 *Tuberculoplasmin.
1912Hamman & Wolman Tuberculin in Diagnosis & Treatm. iii. 231 Tuberculocidin represents the attempts by Klebs to purify tuberculin by alcohol and bismuth precipitation... He also produced *tuberculo-protein and tuberculo-sozin. 1954S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 12) xvi. 218 In many cases the presence of sensitivity can be demonstrated by skin-reactions to tuberculo-protein or streptococci.
1893Proc. Zool. Soc. 28 Feb. 197 The..*tuberculosectorial type of inferior molars.
1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 592 Rupial sore; *tuberculo-squamous eruption.
1945Jrnl. Immunol. L. 159 Sera, either from rabbits sensitized with a purified tuberculin protein preparation or from tuberculous rabbits, possessed *tuberculostatic activities in the chick membrane. 1971Nature 4 June 301/1 We recently proposed structure (I) for the tuberculostatic antibiotic viomycin.
1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., *Tuberculotropic. |