| ADJECTIVE | all | tuberculous, tubercular | constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus |
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| Meaning | constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus. | |
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| Example | "tuberculous patients" | |
| Synonym | tubercular | |
| Broader | ill, sick | Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
| Spanish | tubercular, tuberculós | |
| Catalan | fímic, tuberculós | |
| Nouns | tubercle | a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis |
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