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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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What might France's greatest playwright have written had he not died of tuberculosis in 1673?

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Geumseong's escape to South Korea had been difficult and dangerous and, at one point, he collapsed with what was believed to be tuberculosis.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

He accomplished much in the later part of his life, although he died at only 44 years old of the tuberculosis that plagued his family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

WHO has played a role in eradicating smallpox and tackling public health threats like polio, HIV, Ebola and tuberculosis.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

This is just wrong: of course Ramses II did not know he was dying of tuberculosis, but nevertheless we now know that it was tuberculosis that killed him.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton



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