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tuberculous

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tu·ber·cu·lous  (t-bûrky-ls, ty-)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or having tuberculosis.
2. Of, affected with, or caused by tubercles.
tu·bercu·lous·ly adv.
tuberculous [tjʊˈbɜːkjʊləs]
adj
(Medicine) of or relating to tuberculosis or tubercles; tubercular
tuberculously  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tuberculoustuberculous - constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child"; "tuberculous patients"; "tubercular meningitis"
tubercular
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
Translations
tuberculous [tjʊˈbɜːkjʊləs] ADJ → tuberculoso
tuberculous
adj → tuberkulös


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When the doctors were left alone, the family doctor began timidly explaining his opinion, that there was a commencement of tuberculous trouble, but.
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Laughing, he went to the first of his cases, a boy with tuberculous ulcers, and removed his bandages.
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