Tuberculous

3 definitions found

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

  Tuberculose \Tu*ber"cu*lose`\, Tuberculous \Tu*ber"cu*lous\, a.
     Having tubercles; affected with, or characterized by,
     tubercles; tubercular.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Tuberculous \Tu*ber"cu*lous\, a. (Med.)
     Pertaining to, or affected with, a tuberculosis.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tuberculous
       adj : constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or
             the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child";
             "tuberculous patients"; "tubercular meningitis" [syn: {tubercular}]