tuberculo-a word element representing tuberculous, tuberculosis, or tubercle bacillus.
[combining form representing Latin tūberculum tubercle]
tuberculo-|tjuːˈbɜːkjʊləʊ|combining form of L. tūbercul-um tubercle, properly used adverbially; also attrib. or objectively (instead of the regular tuberculi-: see -o1), in several technical terms, chiefly of pathology and medicine. tuˈberculoˌcele|-siːl|[Gr. κήλη tumour], ‘tuberculous disease of the testicle’ (Dorland Med.Dict. 1900–13). tuˈberculoˌcide|-saɪd|[irreg. for *tuberculicide: see -cide], any preparation which destroys the tubercle-bacillus; hence tuˌberculoˈcidin[-in1], an albumose obtained from tuberculin, used as a tuberculicide. ‖ tuˌberculoˈderma[Gr. δέρµα skin], tuberculosis of the skin (Cent.Dict.Suppl. 1909). tuˌberculo-ˈfibroida., ‘characterized by tubercle that has undergone a fibroid degeneration’ (Dorland). tuˌberculo-opˈsonica., relating to the opsonin of the tubercle-bacillus. tuˌberculoˈphobia[-phobia], a morbid dread of tuberculosis. tuˌberculoˈplasmin, a solution of the protoplasm of tubercle-bacilli. tuˌberculo-ˈprotein, protein from the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tuˌberculosecˈtoriala.Zool.[sectorial a.2], applied to a type of molar teeth having high conical tubercles or cusps adapted for cutting. tuˌberculo-ˈsquamousa.[squamous], characterized by tubercles and scales. tuˌberculoˈstatica.[-static], inhibiting the multiplication of the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. tuˌberculoˈtherapy[Gr. θεραπεία nurture, medical treatment], ‘treatment of tuberculous patients by feeding with the raw flesh of animals affected by tuberculosis’ (Dorland). tuˌberculoˈtoxin, ‘any toxin of the tubercle bacillus’ (ibid.). tuˌberculoˈtropica.[? after heliotropic, etc.: cf. tropic a.1 4], having the property of combining chemically with the tubercle-bacillus.c1900Buck's Handbk.Med.Sc. I. 461 *Tuberculocide.1892Pall Mall G. 23 July 5/1 An experiment..on twelve more or less tuberculous persons with the so-called *tuberculocidin, which is a modification of Professor Koch's remedy, invented by Professor Klebs, of Zurich.1895Buck's Handbk.Med.Sc. IX. 903/1 Tuberculin yields about two and a half per cent. of tuberculocidin.1898Allbutt's Syst.Med. V. 255 Sir A. Clark..describes two main forms [of pneumoconiosis] as..the *tuberculo-fibroid and fibro⁓tuberculous.1907Med. Record 14 Dec. 987 In one of these [cases] the *tuberculo-opsonic index was from normal to 0·7 below normal.1901Lancet 27 July 192/1 *Tuberculophobia must not be produced, the patient must not be made a pariah.c1900Buck's Handbk.Med.Sc. I. 692 *Tuberculoplasmin.1912Hamman & Wolman Tuberculin in Diagnosis & Treatm. iii. 231 Tuberculocidin represents the attempts by Klebs to purify tuberculin by alcohol and bismuth precipitation... He also produced *tuberculo-protein and tuberculo-sozin.1954S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 12) xvi. 218 In many cases the presence of sensitivity can be demonstrated by skin-reactions to tuberculo-protein or streptococci.1893Proc.Zool.Soc. 28 Feb. 197 The..*tuberculosectorial type of inferior molars.1879St. George's Hosp.Rep. IX. 592 Rupial sore; *tuberculo-squamous eruption.1945Jrnl.Immunol. L. 159 Sera, either from rabbits sensitized with a purified tuberculin protein preparation or from tuberculous rabbits, possessed *tuberculostatic activities in the chick membrane.1971Nature 4 June 301/1 We recently proposed structure (I) for the tuberculostatic antibiotic viomycin.1909Cent.Dict.Suppl., *Tuberculotropic.
tuberculo-/tjʊˈbə:kjʊləʊ/combining form.
ORIGIN: formed as tuberculiform + -o-.
Chiefly Medicine. Of, pertaining to, or involving tubercles or tuberculosis.