Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tubercular"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tubercular \Tu*ber"cu*lar\, a.
1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled;
tuberculate.
2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as,
tubercular diathesis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tubercular
adj 1: characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or
tubercles; "tubercular leprosy"
2: pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or
tubercle; "a tubercular process for the attachment of a
ligament or muscle"
3: relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it; "a
tubercular hospital"
4: constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or
the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child"; "tuberculous
patients"; "tubercular meningitis" [syn: {tuberculous}]
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