characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
<adj.pert> tubercular leprosy
pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle
<adj.pert> a tubercular process for the attachment of a ligament or muscle
relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it
<adj.pert> a tubercular hospital
constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
<adj.all> a tubercular child tuberculous patients tubercular meningitis
Tubercular \Tu*ber"cu*lar\, a. 1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.
2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence.
3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis.
Many visitors are moved to tears when they hear the church's pastor, the Rev. Lawrence Hoppe, tell of the supreme sacrifice made by the frail, tubercular priest from Zdunska Wola, Poland.
To outsiders, it may seem foolish for a poor farmer with a tubercular wife to send a telegram to Malacanang Palace.
Already Restoration heartlessness is a thing of the past (dating from 1707, it was the tubercular playwright's last work).