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tuberculoid

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tu·ber·cu·loid  (t-bûrky-loid, ty-)
adj.
1. Resembling tuberculosis.
2. Resembling a tubercle.
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Adj.1.tuberculoid - resembling tuberculosis; "tuberculoid lesions"; "tuberculoid leprosy"


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In November 2007, she sought treatment at the Institute of Tropical Medicine of Amazonas with a 3-month history of a single erythematous plaque on her left arm, which was clinically diagnosed as borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy.
Leprosy has traditionally been classified into two major types, tuberculoid and lepromatous.
Blinded and scarred in one eye where his parents tried to treat conjunctivitis with herbs, Lodwar is malnourished and wracked by tuberculoid coughing.
 
 
 
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