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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pseu•do•tu•ber•cu•lo•sis (so̅o̅′dō tŏŏ bûr′kyə lō′sis, -tyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]- Veterinary Diseases, Pathologyan acute, sometimes fatal disease of rodents, birds, and other animals, including humans, caused by the bacterium Yersinia (Pasteurella) pseudotuberculosis, and characterized by the formation of nodules resembling those that result from tuberculosis.
- Pathologyany disease resembling tuberculosis but caused by an organism other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- 1895–1900; pseudo- + tuberculosis; def. 1 after the specific epithet of the bacterium causing the disease
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