Clinical Diagnosis · Respiratory System · Easy
Tuberculosis
Meaning: Infectious disease caused by an acid-fast mycobacterium, mainly affecting the lungs.
In practice: Night sweats, weight loss, chronic fever and haemoptysis; forms caseating granulomas.
Word parts
- -osis means an abnormal condition or process
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Answer: Splenomegaly
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