Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or having tuberculosis.
- adjective Of, affected with, or caused by tubercles.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tubercular; tuberculate.
- In pathology, affected by tubercles; exhibiting or containing tubercles.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of tuberculosis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Med.) Pertaining to, or affected with, a tuberculosis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Tubercular
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
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Examples
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_ -- In some cases the cord and nerve roots are pressed upon by an œdematous swelling of the membranes; in others, the tuberculous process attacks the dura mater and gives rise to the formation of granulation tissue on its outer aspect -- _tuberculous pachymeningitis_.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Diagnosis and management of tuberculous meningitis in HIV-infected pediatric patients.
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Dr. Bala was born September 12, 1926 in Sandilipay, in a Northern Province of Sri Lanka, where he excelled in his studies, and entered medical school, and later joined the faculty of the University of Ceylon, before contracting tuberculous, an illness that almost killed him, and took several years to treat.
James Love: Dr K. Balasubramaniam Will Be Missed James Love 2011
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Dr. Bala was born September 12, 1926 in Sandilipay, in a Northern Province of Sri Lanka, where he excelled in his studies, and entered medical school, and later joined the faculty of the University of Ceylon, before contracting tuberculous, an illness that almost killed him, and took several years to treat.
James Love: Dr K. Balasubramaniam Will Be Missed James Love 2011
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Dr. Bala was born September 12, 1926 in Sandilipay, in a Northern Province of Sri Lanka, where he excelled in his studies, and entered medical school, and later joined the faculty of the University of Ceylon, before contracting tuberculous, an illness that almost killed him, and took several years to treat.
James Love: Dr K. Balasubramaniam Will Be Missed James Love 2011
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Dr. Bala was born September 12, 1926 in Sandilipay, in a Northern Province of Sri Lanka, where he excelled in his studies, and entered medical school, and later joined the faculty of the University of Ceylon, before contracting tuberculous, an illness that almost killed him, and took several years to treat.
James Love: Dr K. Balasubramaniam Will Be Missed James Love 2011
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Dr. Bala was born September 12, 1926 in Sandilipay, in a Northern Province of Sri Lanka, where he excelled in his studies, and entered medical school, and later joined the faculty of the University of Ceylon, before contracting tuberculous, an illness that almost killed him, and took several years to treat.
James Love: Dr K. Balasubramaniam Will Be Missed James Love 2011
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In particular, it is important for the treatment of such central nervous system diseases as syphilis of the brain, tetanus, encephalitides and tuberculous meningitis.
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They diagnosed cystitis and then they diagnosed nephrolithiasis & then they diagnosed Malta fever with ovarian complications & then they went all hush-hush while they diagnosed a tuberculous infection so that I couldn't possibly guess what they were testing for.
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He was slightly gassed during the ninth Polish air raid on Berlin, and this no doubt accelerated his death in Bloomsbury, the tuberculous London slum in which his book was completed.
The Shape of Things to Come Herbert George 2006
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