TUBERCULOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tuberculous mean? 

• TUBERCULOUS (adjective)
  The adjective TUBERCULOUS has 1 sense:

1. constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus

  Familiarity information: TUBERCULOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBERCULOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus

Synonyms:

tubercular; tuberculous

Context example:

tubercular meningitis

Similar:

ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)

Derivation:

tubercle (a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

 Context examples 

Any of a group of disorders leading to occlusion of the arteries arising from the aortic arch. Such occlusion may be caused by atherosclerosis, arterial embolism, syphilitic or tuberculous arteritis, etc.

(Aortic Arch Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)