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Definition
tuberculosis - a serious and highly contagious lung infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small sores in the lungs
- I've seen them all born alive, and not one lost to smallpox or tuberculosis.Book 5 — Exodus (58% in)
- She still suffers from the effects of several diseases she contracted in the Congo, including schistosomiasis, Guinea worms, and probably tuberculosis.Book 6 — Song of the Children (89% in)
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