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TUBERCULAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with pulmonary tuberculosis

Synonyms:

consumptive; lunger; tubercular

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tubercular" is a kind of...):

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus

Example:

tubercular meningitis

Synonyms:

tubercular; tuberculous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it

Example:

a tubercular hospital

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

Derivation:

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle

Example:

a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tuberosity (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

Derivation:

tubercle (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles

Example:

tubercular leprosy

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Derivation:

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

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