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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kjəˈloʊ sɪs, tjʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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Every newborn in China is required to receive a BCG tuberculosis vaccine within 24 hours of birth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

And Asian Americans have extremely elevated rates of certain diseases, including tuberculosis and hepatitis B.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

For ICE, medical conditions that had the highest number of claims included screenings for tuberculosis and other diseases and treatment for hypertension, chest pain and type 2 diabetes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

She shared how Martin was without parents from a young age and was "sent alone to a sanatorium in London for two years" after being diagnosed with tuberculosis.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“God only knows what I have got under my skin from being here. I may die of tuberculosis, or perhaps there are worms right now eating me inside.”

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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

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


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