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tubercular

[too-bur-kyuh-ler, tyoo-]

adjective

  1. pertaining to tuberculosis; tuberculous.

  2. of, relating to, or of the nature of a tubercle or tubercles.

  3. characterized by or having tubercles.



noun

  1. a tuberculous person.

tubercular

/ ³ŁĀįŹŠĖˆ²śÉœĖ°ģĀįŹŠ±ōə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or symptomatic of tuberculosis

  2. of or relating to a tubercle or tubercles

  3. characterized by the presence of tubercles

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person with tuberculosis

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • tubercularly adverb
  • antitubercular adjective
  • intertubercular adjective
  • nontubercular adjective
  • nontubercularly adverb
  • posttubercular adjective
  • untubercular adjective
  • ³Ł³Üˈ²ś±š°ł³¦³Ü±ō²¹°ł±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of tubercular1

1790–1800; < Latin ³ŁÅ«²ś±š°ł³¦³Ü±ō ( um ) tubercle + -ar 1
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Example Sentences

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He had lost an older brother, Harold, to tuberculosis at age 24, and a younger brother, Arthur, to tubercular encephalitis at age 7, according to the Nixon library.

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The site of the spectacular federal courthouse on the Arroyo Seco in Pasadena was originally a boarding house built in 1882 by Emma Bangs, who had brought her tubercular daughter west.

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A serious accident led to a destroyed kidney, followed by a tubercular condition in which he coughed up blood.

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With the ā€œFuneral Marchā€ at its center, LaFarge’s multifaceted ā€œjourneyā€ covers everything from the tubercular composer’s relationship with the gender-bending author George Sand to the video game ā€œFrederic: The Resurrection of Music.ā€

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The world didn’t expect much from Edward Bellamy, a reclusive, tubercular writer who lived with his parents.

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