An infectious disease of human beings and animals caused by the tubercle bacillus and characterized by the formation of tubercles on the lungs and other tissues of the body, often developing long after the initial infection.

• 结核病由结核菌引起的人类和动物感染性疾病；特征是在肺上和身体其它组织上形成结核节，经常在初次感染很久后才发作