"tubercular" meaning in English

See tubercular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-uk-tubercular.ogg Forms: more tubercular [comparative], most tubercular [superlative]
Etymology: Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|tuberculum||diminutive of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">tuber</i> (“lump”)}} Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”), {{suffix|en||ar}} + -ar Head templates: {{en-adj}} tubercular (comparative more tubercular, superlative most tubercular)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis. Synonyms: tuberculous Translations (pertaining to tuberculosis): туберкулозен (tuberkulozen) (Bulgarian), tuberculeus (Dutch), tuberkuloottinen (Finnish), φυματικός (fymatikós) (Greek), tubercular (Interlingua), gruźliczy (Polish), tuberculoso (Spanish), tuberkulös (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tubercular-en-adj-L~1vZBTL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 40 2 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 22 0 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 32 0 32 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to tuberculosis': 65 35 0
  2. Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients.
    Sense id: en-tubercular-en-adj-J4MiEW-1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 40 2 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 32 0 32
  3. Tuberculate.
    Sense id: en-tubercular-en-adj-UYd8o6Dq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antitubercular, capitulotubercular, intertubercular, quadritubercular, quinquetubercular, supratubercular, tritubercular, tubercularize, tuberculoventral

Noun

Audio: en-uk-tubercular.ogg Forms: tuberculars [plural]
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  1. (dated) A person who has tuberculosis. Tags: dated
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Inflected forms

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        "5": "diminutive of <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"la\">tuber</i> (“lump”)"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ar"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ar",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tuberculars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tubercular (plural tuberculars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1954, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Hearings, page 907:",
          "text": "They are the tuberculars, the psychiatrics, and the older men suffering from chronic conditions. All of those men are totally disabled.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who has tuberculosis."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A person who has tuberculosis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-tubercular.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/En-uk-tubercular.ogg/En-uk-tubercular.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/En-uk-tubercular.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tubercular"
}

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