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tuberculous

[too-bur-kyuh-luhs, tyoo-] / tʊˈbɜr kyə ləs, tyʊ- /
ADJECTIVE
tubercular
Synonyms


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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

Nor do Sinologists believe that his tuberculous heir apparent, Defense Minister and Vice Chairman Lin Piao, 65, has died.

From Time Magazine Archive

Koch's lymph is an extract in glycerine of dead tuberculous bacilli.

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




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