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tuberculous

[too-bur-kyuh-luhs, tyoo-] / tʊˈbɜr kyə ləs, tyʊ- /
ADJECTIVE
tubercular
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Diseases like the Spanish flu and tuberculous raced through the overcrowded schools.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022

Disease, particularly tuberculous and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed World War I, swept through the overcrowded dorms.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

The Bach Thai hospital for tuberculous patients was razed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile he has married a poor, tuberculous girl, returned to Spain to finance an uprising.

From Time Magazine Archive

Has attributed to it unusually good results in a case of tuberculous disease of hip and in an old, well-dosed case of destructive syphilis of throat.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock