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🦠 Related to tuberculosis 🦴 With a small bump 🤒 A tuberculosis patient
tubercular

tubercular

1 8.7
Relating to the disease tuberculosis and its effects on the body
  • adjective
  • /tjuːˈbɜːrkjʊlər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tuberculoso
  • Anti-tubercular therapy was continued for a further 7 months.

Examples

  • The case highlights the delay in diagnosis and the low suspicion of the tubercular origin of these symptoms.

    Academic text (2007)

  • A boy with a bad case of tubercular meningitis was temporarily rendered less irritable, slept better, etc.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Though the area was recommended for tubercular patients,

    Academic text (2009)

  • He had a tubercular hip.

    The Miracle Worker (1962)

  • Scrofula is known in the modern world as tubercular adenitis; that is, the inflammation of the lymph nodes brought about by the tuberculosis bacillus.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Use: when used to treat TB, streptomycin is usually employed in severe or life-threatening tubercular infections, such as meningitis or disseminated TB.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Finally, video-assisted thoracoscopic guided lung biopsy was taken, and the histopathology showed caseating granulomas suggestive of tubercular infection.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The U.S. Commissioner of Immigration refused to allow foreigners with tubercular symptoms to enter the country.

  • He had a tubercular hip, which required ongoing medical treatment.

  • Some huddle with children or grandparents; others shake with tubercular coughs or feverish perspiration.

Synonyms

tuberculous
vstubercular
  • Specialized
1 9.6

Having a serious disease that usually affects the lungs and is caused by a germ

is broader, also applying to general relation or typical features
tuberculoid
vstubercular
  • Specialized
9.9

Having small hard lumps or skin patches like those seen in certain infections

refers to real infection or relation, not just resemblance

Surface Forms

tubercular positive

Morphology

tubercular = tubercle (semi-transparent) = tuber + cular

The connection to 'tubercle' is clear, but the specific medical context related to tuberculosis is not immediately obvious.

Etymology

Tubercular comes from the Latin tuberculum, meaning 'small lump', and shares the same root as tuber, a word for a potato-like lump. So tubercular often describes something to do with tuberculosis, the disease that makes small lumps called 'tubercles' in the lungs.