pseudotuberculousadj.
/ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)t(j)ᵿˈbəːkjᵿləs/, /ˌs(j)uːdə(ʊ)tʃᵿˈbəːkjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˈˌsudoʊtəˈbərkjələs/, /ˈˌsudoʊt(j)uˈbərkjələs/ Medicine.
Resembling tuberculosis; granulomatous; of or relating to pseudotuberculosis.
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tuberculous1597
tuberculated1829
tuberculized1835
tuberculosed1851
tubercle-infected1888
tubercular1898
pseudotuberculous1899
1899 Science 10 Feb. 232/1 Animals when injected with this pseudo-tuberculous material died of peritonitis.
1907 Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. & Therapeutics 20 53 Mainly on account of the acid-fast character of the bacilli,..Bang has suggested that it should be called ‘chronic bovine pseudo-tuberculous enteritis’.
1957 S. L. Robbins Textbk. Pathol. xxix. 1101/1 Pseudotuberculous (giant cell) thyroiditis. This form of inflammation of unknown etiology is so named because of its histologic appearance.
2003 Jrnl. Infection 46 65 We report a rare case of persisting granulomatous inflammation within the peritoneal cavity due to previous leakage from a liver hydatid cyst... We believe this represents a rare case of ‘pseudotuberculous peritonitis’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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