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tuberculosis

[too-bur-kyuh-loh-sis, tyoo-] / tʊˌbɜr kyəˈloʊ sɪs, tyʊ- /
NOUN
infection
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What might France's greatest playwright have written had he not died of tuberculosis in 1673?

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

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

They focused on people who had leprosy, a disease historically linked with stigma and ideas of sin, as well as tuberculosis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Farmer liked to say that tuberculosis made its own preferential option for the poor.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French



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