tubercular

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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: {tubercular},
       {tuberculous}]
    n 1: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: {consumptive},
         {lunger}, {tubercular}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Tubercular \Tu*ber"cu*lar\, a.
   1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled;
      tuberculate.
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   2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
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   3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as,
      tubercular diathesis.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "tubercular":
      allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, burled,
      cancerous, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic,
      edematous, encephalitic, epileptic, gnarled, gnarly, knobbed,
      knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, laryngitic,
      leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic,
      neuritic, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodular, nodulated, noduled,
      nubbled, nubbly, nubby, palsied, paralytic, phthisic, pleuritic,
      pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rheumatic, rickety,
      scorbutic, scrofulous, studded, tabetic, tabid, torose,
      tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous, tumorigenic, tumorous

    

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