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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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