Tubercular

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {tuberculous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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