tuberculous
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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.
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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.
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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.