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tubercular
UK /tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/ US /tuˈbɝkjəlɚ/
adj 3noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
older
VERB + TUBERCULAR
grew
TUBERCULAR + NOUN
thinness
PREP.
toward
Definitions
adj
1
Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis.
As he grew older, his tubercular thinness tended toward emaciation.
He set up business in Sydney, the little capital city of one of the middle Southern states, lived soberly and industriously under the attentive eye of a folk still raw with defeat and hostility, and finally, his good name founded and admission won, he married a gaunt tubercular spinstress, ten years his elder, but with a nest egg and an unshakable will to matrimony.
2
Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.
The engine heaved. […] The thing sounded like a tubercular tugboat engine without a muffler.
Crows on the roof beat their wings and made their low tubercular moan.
3
Having, being, or relating to tubercles.
“ORANGE ORCHID” “SPOTTED ORCHID” […] Dorsal appendage of the hood of column smooth, tubercular and notched at the end.
noun
1
A person who has tuberculosis.
They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled.
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Synonyms
noun — a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
adjective — constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or
- tuberculous
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Idioms & Phrases
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As he grew older, his tubercular thinness tended toward emaciation.
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He set up business in Sydney, the little capital city of one of the middle Southern states, lived soberly and industriously under the attentive eye of a folk still raw with defeat and hostility, and f
Wiktionary03
There had been, too, all the long weeks of Rosie’s tubercular dying to go through.
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They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled.
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