pulmonary tuberculosis
Americannoun
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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
The Lungs, as in pulmonary tuberculosis, are the seat of infection and are temporarily hampered in their work of excretion.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
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