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tuberculous

 
Dictionary: tu·ber·cu·lous
(tʊ-bûr'kyə-ləs, tyʊ-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or having tuberculosis.
  2. Of, affected with, or caused by tubercles.
tuberculously tu·ber'cu·lous·ly adv.

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Thesaurus: tuberculous
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adjective

    Relating to or afflicted with tuberculosis: consumptive (no longer in scientific use), phthisic (no longer in scientific use), phthisical (no longer in scientific use), tubercular, tuberculate. See health/sickness.

Medical Dictionary: tu·ber·cu·lous
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(tʊ-bûr'kyə-ləs, tyʊ-)
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or having tuberculosis.
  2. Of, affected with, or caused by tubercles.
Veterinary Dictionary: tuberculous
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Pertaining to or affected with tuberculosis; caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, e.g. tuberculous adenitis.

  • t. mastitis — chronic mastitis but with fibrosis commencing at the base of the udder, not around the milk cistern; abnormality of the milk is in the form of fine floccules in watery liquid, settling out on standing, and appearing at the end of milking instead of in the first few streams.
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
  Synonym: tubercular


 
 
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