tubercular

1. 1.

   characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles

   “tubercular leprosy”
2. 2.

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

   “a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle”
3. 3.

   relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it

   “a tubercular hospital”
4. 4.

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

   “a tubercular child”

   “tuberculous patients”

   “tubercular meningitis”

   Synonymstuberculous

   Similarill

1. 1.

   a person with pulmonary tuberculosis

   Synonymsconsumptivelunger

   Broadersick person

Other forms of tubercular

plural

tuberculars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tubercular

What does tubercular mean?

tubercular means "characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tubercular?

tubercular has 4 syllables: tu-ber-cu-lar. The stress falls on "ber".

What is another word for tubercular?

Close synonyms include tuberculous, consumptive, lunger. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tubercular a common word?

tubercular is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.