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How to pronounce tubercular in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms consumptive, lunger
Type of diseased person, sick person, sufferer
Type Words
Synonyms tuberculous
Derivation tubercle, tuberculosis


a tubercular child.
tubercular meningitis.
Type Words
Derivation tuberculosis, tubercle


tubercular leprosy.
Type Words
Derivation tubercle


a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle.
Type Words
Derivation tuberculosis


a tubercular hospital.

Examples of tubercular

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He has the flushed skin, overbright eyes and careful breathing of the tubercular.
From the time.com
It is thought to have been Addison's Disease, a tubercular disease of the kidneys.
From the express.co.uk
Evidence of tubercular decay has been found in the bones of Egyptian mummies.
From the sciencedaily.com
Orwell suffered a tubercular haemorrhage in February 1946 but disguised his illness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Don't ask which tubercular bone I've hurt at the steering column of my bicycle today.
From the guardian.co.uk
Or is the angel a hallucination caused by Jocelin's tubercular spine?
From the guardian.co.uk
Tubercular decay has been found in the spines of Egyptianmummies.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Brandon Roberts'Henry David Thoreau is a thatch of flyaway hair, tubercular cough and nervous energy.
From the orlandosentinel.com
He's been Batman, a rock star and a tubercular cowboy doctor.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • Characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles; "tubercular leprosy"
  • Consumptive: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle; "a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle"
  • (Tuberculae) Wart like protrusions
  • (tuberculum) Latin diminutive of tuber, a small prominence, usually bony.