Definitions for tuberculartʊˈbɜr kyə lər, tyʊ-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
tu•ber•cu•lartʊˈbɜr kyə lər, tyʊ-(adj.)
Ref: Also, tuberculous.
pertaining to or infected with tuberculosis.
Category: Pathology
of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a tubercle or tubercles.
Category: Pathology, Botany
(n.)a person affected with tuberculosis.
Category: Pathology
Origin of tubercular:
1790–1800
tu•ber′cu•lar•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
consumptive, lunger, tubercular(adj)
a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
tubercular(adj)
characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
"tubercular leprosy"
tubercular(adj)
pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle
"a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle"
tubercular(adj)
relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it
"a tubercular hospital"
tubercular, tuberculous(adj)
constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
"a tubercular child"; "tuberculous patients"; "tubercular meningitis"
Wiktionary
tubercular(Adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis
tubercular(Adjective)
Tuberculate
Webster Dictionary
Tubercular(adj)
having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate
Tubercular(adj)
like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence
Tubercular(adj)
characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis
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