tuberculous

[too-bur-kyuh-luhs, tyoo-]

adjective

1. tubercular.

2. affected with tuberculosis.

   a hospital for tuberculous people.

Other Word Forms

• tuberculously adverb
• antituberculous adjective
• nontuberculous adjective
• untuberculous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuberculous¹

1740–50; < Latin tūbercul ( um ) tubercle + -ous

Example Sentences

Diseases like the Spanish flu and tuberculous raced through the overcrowded schools.

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Disease, particularly tuberculous and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed World War I, swept through the overcrowded dorms.

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Cancer, child cerebral palsy, and tuberculous rates in the Kuzbass region are all above the national average.

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The parish commissioned the painting to be made, which Kowalska saw before her death in 1938 of what is believed to be tuberculous.

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He has been given a diagnosis of severe tuberculous meningitis, months after her husband was found to have drug-resistant TB.

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