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enteric tuberculosis en·ter·ic tu·ber·cu·lo·sisa complication of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis usually resulting from expectoration and swallowing of bacilli that then infect areas of the digestive tract where there is relative stasis or abundant lymphoid tissue; can be caused by ingestion of bovine tubercular organisms in infected milk; now rarely seen.
See also: tuberculous enteritis. en·ter·ic tu·ber·cu·lo·sis (en-ter'ik tū-bĕr'kyū-lō'sis) A complication of cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis usually resulting from expectoration and swallowing of bacilli that then infect areas of the digestive tract.
See also: tuberculous enteritis |