Noun: pulmonary tuberculosis 'púl-mu,ne-ree tû,bur-kyu'low-sis
- Involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
"The patient with pulmonary tuberculosis experienced chronic coughing and significant weight loss";
- consumption, phthisis [archaic], wasting disease, white plague
Type of: T.B., TB, tuberculosis
Encyclopedia: Pulmonary tuberculosis