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Definition of tuberculosis noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

tuberculosis

noun

NAmE//tʊˌbərkyəˈloʊsəs//

[uncountable] (abbreviation TB)

a serious infectious disease in which swellings appear on the lungs and other parts of the body

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tubercular

NAmE//tʊˈbərkyələr//

adjective a tubercular infectionSee tuberculosis in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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