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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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A government hospital insisted it was tuberculosis, although silicosis can also make people more susceptible to TB.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

Agency for International Development, some African governments are bridling at the conditions he has set for resuming funding to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

He died of tuberculosis in 1848 at 31.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Its scientists have previously studied the spread of bovine tuberculosis as well as viruses carried by bats and the factors influencing their spillover into people.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

In those days this was a death sentence as surely as tuberculosis had been.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom



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