Word Study
tubercular
CIDE DICTIONARY
tubercular, a.
- Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate. [1913 Webster]
- Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence. [1913 Webster]
- Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tubercular, adj. & n.
--adj. of or having tubercles or tuberculosis.
--n. a person with tuberculosis.
--adj. of or having tubercles or tuberculosis.
--n. a person with tuberculosis.
Etymology
f. L tuberculum (as TUBERCLE)
THESAURUS
tubercular
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