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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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They can even detect tuberculosis, an infectious disease that commonly affects the lungs, far quicker than it would be found in a lab using conventional microscopy, Apopo has said.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 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

"Detecting tuberculosis this far south in a pre-contact context is striking," says Nicolás Rascovan, head of the Microbial Paleogenomics Unit at Institut Pasteur.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

According to Mahajan, for tuberculosis patients, particularly those requiring directly observed therapy, public health nurses will continue visiting patients.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The dread of tuberculosis was in every home then, because there was not a family that had not lost one of its members to consumption, so Clara decided to go and fetch her.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende



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