tubercular Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
    lunger; consumptive.
  2. adjective characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
    • tubercular leprosy
  3. adjective pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle
    • a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle
  4. adjective relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it
    • a tubercular hospital
  5. adjective satellite constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
    tuberculous.
    • a tubercular child
    • tuberculous patients
    • tubercular meningitis

WordNet

Tu*ber"cu*lar adjective
Definitions
  1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.
  2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
  3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis.

Webster 1913