Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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tubercle | Yes | No | No | No |
tubercular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
tubercle (noun) | tubercular (noun) |
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a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament | a person with pulmonary tuberculosis |
small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant | |
a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis |
tubercle (adjective) | tubercular (adjective) |
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relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it | |
pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle | |
characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles | |
constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus |