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What is the more common name of the disease called consumption?

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What is the more common name of the disease called consumption?
posted Aug 14, 2015 by Brijesh Talwar

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Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB (short for tubercle bacillus), in the past also called phthisis, phthisis pulmonalis, or consumption, is a widespread, and in many cases fatal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

answer Aug 17, 2015 by Manikandan J
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