When doctors autopsied tuberculosis patients, they described finding round, white swellings, especially in and around the lungs. Medical historian Howard Markel describes how those potato-like growths led to the disease being called tuberculosis, from the Latin tuber.
Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/24/147356662/science-diction-the-origin-of-tuberculosis?ft=1&f=1007
Klein, Ron Kline, John Kosmas, Suzanne M. Kratovil, Frank Jr. Kucinich, Dennis J.
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