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pulmonary tuberculosis

American  

noun

Pathology.
  1. tuberculosis of the lungs.


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Her younger sister, Lillian Estella, developed pulmonary tuberculosis as an infant, and died in puberty.

From The New Yorker Oct. 9, 2019

There were also fewer deaths there from pulmonary tuberculosis.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2018

Workers who breathe the fine-grained dust day after day risk developing “silicosis” or, eventually, lung cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis and other airway diseases, according to agencies such as the U.S.

From Washington Times Dec. 13, 2014

Health officials say Rodriguez, 34, of Stockton has active pulmonary tuberculosis, which can include coughing up blood or phlegm and can spread through the air.

From US News May 17, 2012

A most interesting and important condition in which hypotension occurs is pulmonary tuberculosis.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield

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