单词 | tuberculous |
释义 | tuberculousadj. 1. Medicine. Originally: of, relating to, or of the nature of a tubercle (tubercle n. 2a); associated with or caused by tubercles. In later use: spec. of or relating to tuberculosis; affected by tuberculosis. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [adjective] > tuber or tubercle tuberculous1597 tuberous1656 tubercular1753 tuberculated1793 tuberculate1822 tuberiform1822 tuberculized1835 tuberculo-fibroid1871 miliary1932 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [adjective] > relating to tuberculosis tuberculous1597 tuberculated1829 tuberculized1835 tuberculosed1851 tubercle-infected1888 tubercular1898 pseudotuberculous1899 1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. v. xix. sig. P Condiloma is a certaine excrescence of flesh, hard, tuberculus [1612 tuberculous], and membranous in the brimmes of the fundament. 1743 tr. J. Astruc Treat. All Dis. Incident to Women xiv. 189 The second Species of Abscess, or the Tuberculous one, springs from the Scirrhous Obstruction of some Lymphatic Glands or Vessels in the Uterus. 1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 129 Though the..tuberculous ulcers may seem to be healed, yet they frequently return. 1779 W. Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic II. 252 A tuberculous and purulent state of the lungs has been observed in very young children. 1838 R. Carswell Pathol. Anat.: Tubercle f. 4v I have never found these [scrofulous lymphatic] glands..exempt from the presence of tuberculous matter. 1882 Lancet 22 Apr. 656/1 Koch found the same organisms in the walls of tuberculous cavities, in the sputum of phthisical patients, in degenerated scrofulous glands, in fungous joints, and in the bones of tuberculous cattle. 1913 Times 13 Aug. 3/2 A steady increase in the use of hospitals for the tuberculous sick. 1923 M. E. Durham in Albania & Albanians (2001) 159 By refugee Serb students I was told that they were students at Belgrad and that Princip was selected because he was so tuberculous that he could not in any case live long. 1940 H. L. Mencken Diary 31 May (1989) 140 She developed an eye infection, and Alan C. Woods, always forthright, told her that it was probably tuberculous. 1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xv. 354/2 In cattle, tuberculous lesions may be either cellular or exudative. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 7 July d6/1 The Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine, known as BCG, protects children well against deadly tuberculous meningitis. 2. Zoology and Botany. Of the nature of a tubercle (tubercle n. 1); having tubercles (= tuberculate adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > rounded projection nodous1646 tuberous1650 papillar1651 verrucous1656 capitate1661 clavate1661 papillary1667 warty1693 tuberculated1696 papillous1718 tubercular1719 clavated1728 tuberculous1732 mammillated1744 tubercled1746 papillose1752 torulous1752 tuberculose1752 tuberculate1777 tubercle-like1792 mastoid1800 tuberculiferous1802 ventricose1804 torulose1806 papillated?a1808 tuberculiform1817 bullated1822 nodulous1822 tuberiform1822 nodulated1824 papilliform1824 mammular1826 papilliferous1826 nodulose1828 knuckled1842 mamelonated1843 tuberculoid1853 papillate1857 mammilloid1859 tuberculosquamous1866 bosselated1873 papulate1876 bulbar1878 tubero-cystic1879 mammulose1889 1732 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones (ed. 2) 190 Each side terminates in a tuberculous Point, for the insertion of Muscles. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 129 (heading) Cochlea conica elata undulato-tuberculosa. The somewhat conic, elate Cochlea, with tuberculous undulations. 1768 G. D. Ehret in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 116 This fruit, which is tuberculous, I drew from a specimen..which was brought from Aleppo. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 114/2 The three first molars are pointed and trenchant, and the other four tuberculous. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 502 Surface tuberculous, with the tubercles subconical. 1904 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 56 84 Two individuals..are decidedly more spinose than the remainder..almost wholly due to the development of the low tuberculous excrescences of the other specimens into distinct spines. 1977 Florida Entomologist 60 4 Male antennal scape bearing a ventral plate with several tuberculous sensilla. 1998 B. J. Grieve How to know Western Austral. Wildflowers II. (ed. 2) 556 Small shrub to 40 cm tall, stems with tuberculous hairs; leaves with revolute margins and a distinct petiole. 2005 Taxon 54 912/1 The latter are annuals with spiny or tuberculous fruits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1597 |
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