tuberculosis
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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
She insists that their protest is peaceful before stating their demands, which include medicine for prisoners who have tuberculosis.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
He died of tuberculosis in 1848 at 31.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 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
By contrast, swine, mainstays of European agriculture, transmit anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, trichinosis, and tuberculosis.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing tuberculosis
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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