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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kjəˈloʊ sɪs, tjʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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"Badger vaccination should not be presented as a stand-alone route to eradicating bovine tuberculosis," said McKeown.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Expanding diagnosis and treatment for tuberculosis and malaria, which still kill more than a million people a year, returns more than $45 for each dollar invested.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 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

It contains testing kits for tuberculosis, cooled storage for vaccines, and ultrasound for pregnant women.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Anna Djvorak was convinced that the doctor had miraculously saved her son’s life by not sending him to the tuberculosis sanatorium back in 1903.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

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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