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tuberculous

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

This mistake cost taxpayers one billion dollars for the care of tuberculous veterans.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hollow-chested, tuberculous Jeanson escaped the police raid that caught his followers.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a matter of fact, Bacillinum contains in its elements everything that a cavity of a tuberculous lung is capable of containing; that is to say, many other things besides Koch's bacillus.

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