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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kjəˈloʊ sɪs, tjʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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His tuberculosis, which before it killed him at age 40 led to rest “cures” at sanatoriums notable chiefly for their ineffectiveness?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Born in the Washington Heights area of New York City in 1926, Greenspan was rejected for military service in 1944 owing to early signs of tuberculosis, which ultimately became non-threatening.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

"Early reports linked smoking to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, followed by cardiovascular disease, stroke and lung cancer," A/Prof Sitas says.

From Science Daily Jun. 21, 2026

Barbara Stanwyck plays a celebrated concert pianist being treated for tuberculosis in an elite Swiss Alps sanitarium.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Here and there a rasping cough of someone with tuberculosis issued from a shack.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

We have a pseudo-bacillosis of a strepto bacillar origin, not to mention the "professional" tuberculoses, such as that to which persons are exposed who have to breathe the fumes of charcoal.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

Now it has at last been understood that there are slight tuberculoses, curable, but tremendously frequent.

From A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 by New York Hospital. Society



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