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tubercular

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tu·ber·cu·lar  (t-bûrky-lr, ty-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or covered with tubercles; tuberculate.
2. Of, relating to, or affected with tuberculosis.
n.
A person having tuberculosis.
tubercular [tjʊˈbɜːkjʊlə]
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) of, relating to, or symptomatic of tuberculosis
2. (Medicine / Pathology) of or relating to a tubercle or tubercles
3. (Medicine / Pathology) characterized by the presence of tubercles
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a person with tuberculosis
tubercularly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tubercular - a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
consumptive, lunger
diseased person, sick person, sufferer - a person suffering from an illness
Adj.1.tuberculartubercular - characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles; "tubercular leprosy"
2.tuberculartubercular - pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle; "a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle"
3.tuberculartubercular - relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it; "a tubercular hospital"
4.tuberculartubercular - constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child"; "tuberculous patients"; "tubercular meningitis"
tuberculous
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
Translations
tubercular [tjʊˈbɜːkjʊləʳ] ADJ → tubercular (Med) → tuberculoso
tubercular [tjuːˈbɜːrkjʊlər] adj → tuberculeux/euse
tubercular
adj → tuberkulös
tubercular [tjʊˈbɜːkjʊləʳ] adj → tubercolare
tubercular [tjʊˈbɜːkjʊləʳ] adj → tubercolare


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From the twisted fingers, which was the anaesthetic form, produced by nerve-disintegration, to the corrugated lion forehead (again anaesthetic), his eyes flashed to the swelling under the right arm-pit and his brain diagnosed it as the tubercular form.
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If you were a sociable person, he was quite willing to enter into conversation with you, and to explain to you the deadly nature of the ptomaines which are found in tubercular pork; and while he was talking with you you could hardly be so ungrateful as to notice that a dozen carcasses were passing him untouched.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
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