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tuberculosis

 
/tʊˌbɜr·kjəˈloʊ·sɪs/ n [U] (abbreviation TB)

Definition

an infectious disease that can attack many parts of the body, esp. the lungs
(Definition of tuberculosis n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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