Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Producing or bearing tubers.
- adjective Being or resembling a tuber.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Covered with knobby or wart-like prominences; knobbed.
- In botany, of the nature of or resembling a tuber; bearing tubers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
- adjective (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, resembling, or producing
tubers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling a tuber
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Examples
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Novartis said the European Commission approved the tablet to treat patients aged three years and older who suffer from a brain tumors that are caused by a genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis.
Novartis Tumor Pill Wins European Approval Goran Mijuk 2011
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Rothberg's 14-year-old daughter, the oldest of his five kids, has a mild form of an inherited disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, a relatively rare disorder 50,000 or so Americans have it that can cause benign tumors in the heart, kidney, skin, lungs, eyes and brain, where seizures can occur.
Gene Machine Matthew Herper 2010
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Rothberg's 14-year-old daughter, the oldest of his five kids, has a mild form of an inherited disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, a relatively rare disorder 50,000 or so Americans have it that can cause benign tumors in the heart, kidney, skin, lungs, eyes and brain, where seizures can occur.
Gene Machine Matthew Herper 2010
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He has a disease called tuberous sclerosis, and we just had brain surgery!
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MOORE: And I ` m walking down the street and I hear, Julianne Moore, hey my name is Tom Lindsey, and this is my son Tommy and he has a disease called tuberous sclerosis and we just had brain surgery.
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He has a disease called tuberous sclerosis and we just had brain surgery.
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Tuberous sclerosis complex, also known as tuberous sclerosis (TS), affects approximately one to two million people worldwide and is associated with a variety of resulting disorders including seizures, swelling in the brain (hydrocephalus), developmental delays and skin lesions[2],[5].
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Evan was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, which causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and other vital organs, such as the kidneys.
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Studying a rare disorder known as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), researchers at Children's Hospit ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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It's called tuberous sclerosis, noncancerous tumors that grow in every organ.
WISH TV 2009
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