tuberculoid
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tuberculoid
[too-ber´ku-loid]resembling a tubercle or tuberculosis.
tu·ber·cu·loid
(tū-ber'kyū-loyd),Resembling tuberculosis or a tubercle.
[tuberculo- + G. eidos, resemblance]
tuberculoid
(to͝o-bûr′kyə-loid′, tyo͝o-)adj.
1. Resembling tuberculosis, as in being characterized by tubercular lesions: tuberculoid leprosy.
2. Resembling a tubercule.
tu·ber·cu·loid
(tū-bĕr'kyū-loyd)Resembling tuberculosis or a tubercle.
[tuberculo- + G. eidos, resemblance]