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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis;
[syn: consumptive, lunger, tubercular]


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles;
- Example: "tubercular leprosy"

2. pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle;
- Example: "a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle"

3. relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it;
- Example: "a tubercular hospital"

4. constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus;
- Example: "a tubercular child"
- Example: "tuberculous patients"
- Example: "tubercular meningitis"
[syn: tubercular, tuberculous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tubercular \Tu*ber"cu*lar\, a.
   1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled;
      tuberculate.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as,
      tubercular diathesis.
      [1913 Webster]


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]


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