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tuberculous

[too-bur-kyuh-luhs, tyoo-] / tʊˈbɜr kjə ləs, tjʊ- /
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

Sea View, which housed 1,500 tuberculous patients in 1951, now has only 21, is being turned mainly into a hospital and home for the aged.

From Time Magazine Archive

Chapin suffered from two afflictions: tuberculous throat and a thirst for gambling.

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




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