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Definition of Tuberculous
1. Adjective. Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus. "Tubercular meningitis"
Definition of Tuberculous
1. a. Pertaining to, or affected with, a tuberculosis.
Definition of Tuberculous
1. Adjective. Tubercular ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tuberculous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Tuberculous
1. Relating to or affected by tuberculosis. Compare: tubercular. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuberculous
Literary usage of Tuberculous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Surgery by Frederick Treves, Sir Charles B Ball (1895)
"tuberculous DISEASE OF BONE. Pathology. — Miliary tuberculosis of bone is extremely
rare, and need not be considered here, as it is an accompaniment only of ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"In certain instances of tuberculous pericarditis it has been noted that there
was no evidence of tuberculous deposit in the adhesions which were present. ..."
3. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"This variety of tuberculous phthisis differs from that described before only in
form and acuity, but not in any essential point, nor in its terminations. ..."
4. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1902)
"Death results from the pulmonary disease, from tuberculous meningitis, from
exhaustion ... These nodes may be tuberculous in any of the preceding varieties. ..."