tubercular

Meanings

Plural: tuberculars

Noun

• a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
• A person who has tuberculosis.

Adjective

• characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
  • "tubercular leprosy"
• pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle
  • "a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle"
• relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it
  • "a tubercular hospital"

Adjective Satellite

• constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
  • "a tubercular child"
  • "tubercular meningitis"

Adj

• Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.
• Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.
• Having, being, or relating to tubercles.

Synonyms

;, consumptive, lunger, tuberculate, tuberculous

Related Words

antitubercular, capitulotubercular, intertubercular, quadritubercular, quinquetubercular, supratubercular, transtubercular, tritubercular, tubercularize, tuberculoventral

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