Definition of Tuberculoid. Meaning of Tuberculoid. Synonyms of Tuberculoid

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Definition of Tuberculoid

Tuberculoid
Tuberculoid Tu*ber"cu*loid, a. [Tuberculum + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling a tubercle.

Meaning of Tuberculoid from wikipedia

- Tuberculoid leprosy is a form of leprosy characterized by solitary skin lesions that are asymmetrically distributed with few lesions and well demarcated...
- the person exposed have been ****ociated with developing lepromatous or tuberculoid leprosy. Transmission of leprosy occurs during close contact with those...
- response (TH1) is depressed. Lepromatous leprosy, in contrast to the tuberculoid form of leprosy, is characterized by the absence of epithelioid cells...
- Borderline tuberculoid leprosy is a cutaneous condition similar to tuberculoid leprosy except the skin lesions are smaller and more numerous.: 345  Leprosy...
- intracellularly inside histiocytes and nerve cells and has two forms. One form is "tuberculoid", which induces a cell-mediated response that limits its growth, and...
- syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, narcolepsy, tuberculoid leprosy (multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis or leprosy), ulcerative colitis...
- when tuberculoid or borderline cases of HD are ****essed by the lepromin test. (There are three borderline diagnoses possible as well as the tuberculoid and...
- adrenal insufficiency progressive macular hypomelanosis tinea versicolor tuberculoid leprosy. There is no cure for vitiligo but several treatment options...
- diascopy, it shows characteristic "apple-jelly" color. Biopsy will reveal tuberculoid granuloma with few bacilli. Mantoux test is positive. The condition should...
- Shanthakumari, S.; Sandhya, V. (2010), "Generalized granuloma annulare with tuberculoid granulomas: A rare histopathological variant", Indian Journal of Dermatology...