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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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Juliet had lived in the Bahamas with family friends to recover from bouts of childhood pneumonia and tuberculosis.

From Washington Post

Hollmann also tested the treatment on two tuberculosis patients; one improved; the other didn’t.

From New York Times

The ad goes on to explain how this syrup will help with everything from bronchitis to laryngitis, even tuberculosis.

From Scientific American

The L.A. section of the National Council of Jewish Women organized committees on tuberculosis, the press, immigrant aid and hygiene education.

From Los Angeles Times

It began, he believes, some 35,000 John Kander Days ago, when, as a baby in Kansas City, Mo., he contracted tuberculosis.

From New York Times