Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for tuberculous. Search instead for tuberculo.
Definitions

tuberculous

[too-bur-kyuh-luhs, tyoo-] / tʊˈbɜr kyə ləs, tyʊ- /
ADJECTIVE
tubercular
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022

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

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

Author Weintraub thinks that Beardsley's tuberculous condition and his consuming passion for work left him little time and less stamina for dalliance.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mother Annie Dowson, who was also tuberculous, nursed her lungs in retiring despondency.

From Time Magazine Archive

He restricted the term tuberculous inflammation, however, to those forms which necessarily and from the beginning, produced tubercles whose presence was limited to the tissue inflamed.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various