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tuberculoid, a.|tjuːˈbɜːkjʊlɔɪd|
[f. L. tūbercul-um tubercle + -oid.]
a. Zool. and Path. = tuberculiform.
1891in Cent. Dict. 1974Trypanosomiasis & Leishmaniasis (Ciba Foundation Symp.) 163 In localized forms we often saw epithelioid or tuberculoid nodules, surrounded by a thick infiltration of lymphoid cells.
b. Path. Designating one of the two principal forms of leprosy, characterized by a few well-defined lesions similar to those of tuberculosis, often with anæsthesia.
1938Leprosy Rev. IX. 20 No progress can be made..unless it is frankly admitted that at the Manila Conference [in 1931] the significance and extent of the tuberculoid phases of leprosy were not fully appreciated. Ibid., Anaesthesia is by no means the sole preserve of tuberculoid leprosy. 1948E. Muir Man. of Leprosy ix. 49 The term ‘tuberculoid’ is given on account of the histological resemblance of this type to chronic lesions in tuberculosis. It is a somewhat unfortunate term, as it is often confused with ‘tubercular’, the word formerly used for the severeerl form, now called lepromatous. 1971[see lepromatous adj. s.v. leproma]. |