This is a transliteration into Tagalog of the English word.
tu·bér·ku·ló·sis
tubérkulósis
tuberculosis
An archaic word from the Spanish that entered the Philippine lexicon is tisis, usage of which is slowly disappearing in favor of the English.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
tubérkulósis: nakahahawa at nakamamatay na sakít at sanhi ng mikrobyong Mycobacterium tuberculosis, kakikitahan ng madalas na pag-ubo, pagpapapawis nang malamig, pananakit ng dibdib at gawing itaas ng likod, panghihina at pangangayayat, at kung malalâ, may kasámang dugo ang plemang inilalabas pag-ubo
