Tuberculosis

infection: the presence of a virus in the body, or its introduction to the body.

contagious disease: transmissible diseases (can transmit from one person to another)

bacteria: one-celled organisms

transmitted: to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination

bacterial microorganism: Microorganisms or microbes are microscopic organisms that exist as unicellular, multicellular, or cell clusters.

bacillus: any rod-shaped or cylindrical bacterium of thegenus Bacillus, comprising spore-producingbacteria.

phthisis pulmonaris: an alternate name for tuberculosis

sanitation: the development and application of sanitarymeasures for the sake of cleanliness, protectinghealth, etc.

symptom: any phenomenon or circumstance accompanyingsomething and serving as evidence of it.

pleura:  'side of the body.' Today it describes the two thin membranes known as the visceral and parietal pleurae that surround the lungs.

gynaecology: deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women,especially of the reproductive organs.

antibiotics: a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.

mutations: the changing of the structure of a gene, resulting in a variant.

vaccine: an antigenic substance prepared from the causative agent of a disease or a synthetic substitute, used to provide immunity against one or several diseases.

microscopic very small; tiny.

microns: also called micrometer. the millionth part of ameter. Symbol: μ, mu.