tuberculous

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /tuˈbɝkjələs/ UK /tjuˈbɜːkjələs/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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

Sitting in the front row of the stalls, Dick had been able to see the large, swollen, tuberculous glands in his neck.

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Synonyms

1 adj · constituting or afflicted... tubercular

Word family

Derived forms scrofulo-tuberculous

Etymology

From Latin tuberculum (“little lump”) + -ous.

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