tubercle bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis | cause of tuberculosis |
bones castanets clappers finger cymbals | a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance |
Napier's bones Napier's rods | a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier |
bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements, he told us only the bare bones of the story |
thin person skin and bones scrag | a person who is unusually thin and scrawny |
tuberculosis TB T.B. | 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) |
miliary tuberculosis | acute tuberculosis characterized by the appearance of tiny tubercles on one or more organs of the body (presumably resulting from tubercle bacilli being spread in the bloodstream) |
pulmonary tuberculosis consumption phthisis wasting disease white plague | involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body |
arthritis | inflammation of a joint or joints |
rheumatoid arthritis atrophic arthritis rheumatism | a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities, something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint |
psoriatic arthritis | a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis |
Still's disease juvenile rheumatoid arthritis | a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children, large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded |
osteoarthritis degenerative arthritis degenerative joint disease | chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints, the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age |
gout gouty arthritis urarthritis | a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints |
osteopetrosis Albers-Schonberg disease marble bones disease | an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density, in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated |
Lyme disease Lyme arthritis | an acute inflammatory disease characterized by a rash with joint swelling and fever, caused by bacteria carried by the bite of a deer tick |
make no bones about | acknowledge freely and openly, He makes no bones about the fact that he is gay |
tubercular tuberculous | constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus, a tubercular child, tuberculous patients, tubercular meningitis |