Meaning

3 senses

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.

    туберкулёзныйtuberkuljóznyj

    relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it

  2. Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.

  3. Having, being, or relating to tubercles.

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
pertaining to tuberculosis:

Origin

Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar

Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar

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Forms

more tubercular, most tubercular
Comparativemore tubercular Lesson
Superlativemost tubercular Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
tuberculoustuberculate
Close in meaning
  • constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus:tuberculous

Word family

19 related words
Relatedantitubercularcapitulotubercularintertubercularquadritubercularquinquetubercularsupratuberculartranstuberculartrituberculartubercularizetuberculoventraltubercletuberculosistuberosity
Derivedbitubercularmultitubercularnontubercularpretubercularpseudotuberculartubercularly

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tubatubeA1tubertuberculosisB2tubulartuck
tubercular — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto