tuberculize
/t(j)ʊˈbəːkjʊlʌɪz/ /tʃʊˈbəːkjʊlʌɪz/(also tuberculise)
verb
[with object] To affect with tuberculosis; to infect with or expose to tuberculosis or tubercle bacilli; (in later use) to cause to develop resistance to tuberculosis, especially on a (supposedly) inherited or racial basis (now historical ). Occasionally also refl. Now rare.
Origin
Mid 19th century (in an earlier sense). From tubercule + -ize, largely after French tuberculiser.
- nitron
- nitronaphthalene
- nitrone
- nitronium
- nitroparaffin
- nitrophenol
- nitrophile
- nitrophilic
- nitrophilous
- nitrophily
- nitrophobe
- nitrophobic
- nitrophobous
- nitro powder
- nitro proof
- nitro-prove
- nitroprusside
- nitropyrene
- nitroreductase
- nitroreduction
- nitrosamide
- nitrosamine
- nitrosatable
- nitrosate
- nitrosated