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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

Chapin suffered from two afflictions: tuberculous throat and a thirst for gambling.

From Time Magazine Archive

He found her almost comatose, kept up Burkhardt's precautionary measures, and started additional injections of isoniazid and streptomycin to attack the suspected tuberculous infection.

From Time Magazine Archive

But tuberculosis is a bacterial disease and children of tuberculous parents are never born with the disease except in the rarest of instances.

From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.