(from the article `respiratory disease`) Of all the lung diseases caused by bacteria, pulmonary tuberculosis is historically by far the most important. Particular features of this dreaded ... ...bacilli into the bloodstream. From the blood the bacilli create new tissue infections elsewhere in the body, most commonly in the upper portion...
Tuberculosis of the lungs. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
infection of the lungs by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The first infection is usually mild or symptom-free, but it may develop later into tuberculous pneumonia or some other more serious condition.
Type: Term Definitions: 1. tuberculosis of the lungs.
Pulmonary tuberculosis: See: Tuberculosis, pulmonary.Common Misspellings: pulmonary tubercolosis, pulmanary tuberculosis, pulmanary tubercolosis, pulmenary tuberculosis, pulmenary tubercolosis
[n] - involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
consumption noun involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
tuberculosis of the lungs.