tuberculous
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Diseases like the Spanish flu and tuberculous raced through the overcrowded schools.
From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022
Disease, particularly tuberculous and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed World War I, swept through the overcrowded dorms.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021
Author Weintraub thinks that Beardsley's tuberculous condition and his consuming passion for work left him little time and less stamina for dalliance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The illegitimate son of a tuberculous war widow and an itinerant Dutch street singer, Jurgen Bartsch was adopted in 1954 by a Catholic couple.
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Some were obviously tuberculous, others crippled with rheumatism.
From England by Fox, Frank, Sir