TUBERCULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tubercular mean? 

• TUBERCULAR (noun)
  The noun TUBERCULAR has 1 sense:

1. a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

  Familiarity information: TUBERCULAR used as a noun is very rare.

• TUBERCULAR (adjective)
  The adjective TUBERCULAR has 4 senses:

1. characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles

2. pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle

3. relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it

4. constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus

  Familiarity information: TUBERCULAR used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBERCULAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person with pulmonary tuberculosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

consumptive; lunger; tubercular

Hypernyms ("tubercular" is a kind of...):

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

• TUBERCULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

tubercular leprosy

Pertainym:

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Derivation:

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle

Pertainym:

tuberosity (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

Derivation:

tubercle (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a tubercular hospital

Pertainym:

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

Derivation:

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus

Synonyms:

tubercular; tuberculous

Context example:

tubercular meningitis

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

tuberculosis (infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages))