Tubercular

//tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)// adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who has tuberculosis. dated

    "They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled."

  2. 2
    a person with pulmonary tuberculosis wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.

    "As he grew older, his tubercular thinness tended toward emaciation."

  2. 2
    Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.

    "The engine heaved. […] The thing sounded like a tubercular tugboat engine without a muffler."

  3. 3
    Having, being, or relating to tubercles.

    "“ORANGE ORCHID” “SPOTTED ORCHID” […] Dorsal appendage of the hood of column smooth, tubercular and notched at the end."

Adjective
  1. 1
    constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it wordnet
  3. 3
    pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle wordnet
  4. 4
    characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
consumptivetuberculoustuberculate;allergicanemic

Example

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"As he grew older, his tubercular thinness tended toward emaciation."

Etymology

Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar

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