<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an infectious disease that may affect almost any tissue of the body, especially the lungs, caused by the organism <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>, and characterized by tubercles.</li><li>this disease when affecting the lungs; pulmonary phthisis; consumption.</li><li>any disease caused by a mycobacterium.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>