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Cavity or cavitation

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An area of tissue destruction and cell death caused by the growth of the tuberculosis organism

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Aerosol transmission

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Transfer of bacteria fill droplets through the air when a person with active tuberculosis coughs, laughs, sneezes, whistles, or things

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Fungicidal

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Having the ability to kill a fungus

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Fungistatic

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Having the ability to suppress fungal reproduction and growth

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Fungus

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A simple organism with one or more cells such as yeast, molds, and mushrooms, that reproduces by spores, has walled cells, and can live peacefully with humans or infect humans and cause disease.

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Primary TB Lesion

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Small pocket of tuberculosis bacteria that forms after initial infection and causes inflammation that creates an exudate

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Secondary TB

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A reactivation of tuberculosis in a previously infected person whose primary lesion never completely resolved

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Tuberculosis or TB

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A highly communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis