Definition of tubercular in English:
tubercular
adjective tjʊˈbəːkjʊləˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr
Medicine 1Relating to or affected with tuberculosis.
Example sentencesExamples
- Death rates from silicosis, miners' phthisis, and tubercular diseases were very high on the Rand.
- A separate section of pyogenic, tubercular and brucella infection of the spine is included.
- In acute miliary tubercular mastitis breast disease is a part of a generalized miliary tuberculosis.
- In conclusion, PCR can be used as an additional test for detecting M. tuberculosis in patients with tubercular pleuritis because conventional methods have low sensitivity.
- He came to Britain, working in Cardiff, where he obtained the diploma in tubercular diseases, and later returned to India.
- 1.1Biology Having or covered with tubercles.
a tubercular and irregular structure
Example sentencesExamples
- A tubercular growth center of appropriate size could produce a simple barb-like element, with cortex and medulla.
- Pearl used statistical methods to determine whether tubercular lesions found during these autopsies were correlated with cancer.
- All 8 patients of tubercular breast abscess responded to repeat aspiration in conjunction with ATT.
noun tjʊˈbəːkjʊləˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr
A person with tuberculosis.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the mythology, 'the dying tubercular is pictured as made more beautiful and more soulful'.
- The proof of the defendant showed that he was a tubercular and at the time of the trial was awaiting transportation to the tuberculosis sanitarium for treatment.
Definition of tubercular in US English:
tubercular
adjectiveˌt(y)o͞oˈbərkyələrˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr
Medicine 1Relating to or affected with tuberculosis.
Example sentencesExamples
- He came to Britain, working in Cardiff, where he obtained the diploma in tubercular diseases, and later returned to India.
- A separate section of pyogenic, tubercular and brucella infection of the spine is included.
- Death rates from silicosis, miners' phthisis, and tubercular diseases were very high on the Rand.
- In conclusion, PCR can be used as an additional test for detecting M. tuberculosis in patients with tubercular pleuritis because conventional methods have low sensitivity.
- In acute miliary tubercular mastitis breast disease is a part of a generalized miliary tuberculosis.
- 1.1Biology Having or covered with tubercles.
Example sentencesExamples
- A tubercular growth center of appropriate size could produce a simple barb-like element, with cortex and medulla.
- All 8 patients of tubercular breast abscess responded to repeat aspiration in conjunction with ATT.
- Pearl used statistical methods to determine whether tubercular lesions found during these autopsies were correlated with cancer.
nounˌt(y)o͞oˈbərkyələrˌt(j)uˈbərkjələr
A person with tuberculosis.
Example sentencesExamples
- The proof of the defendant showed that he was a tubercular and at the time of the trial was awaiting transportation to the tuberculosis sanitarium for treatment.
- In the mythology, 'the dying tubercular is pictured as made more beautiful and more soulful'.