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Ghon tubercle
noun
\ˈgän-\
variants: less commonly
Ghon focus
Definition of Ghon tubercle
: the primary tubercle occurring in the lung of a child as the initial lesion of tuberculous infection and appearing as a bean-shaped shadow in the radiogram
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Origin and Etymology of ghon tubercle
after Anton Ghon †1936 Czechoslovakian pathologist
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