Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tuberculosis \Tu*ber`cu*lo"sis\, n. [NL. See {Tubercle}.] (Med.)
   A constitutional disease characterized by the production of
   tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the
   lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of
   pulmonary consumption.

Source : WordNet®

tuberculosis
     n : infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle
         bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions
         (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the
         body in acute stages) [syn: {TB}, {T.B.}]