tuberculous
pronunciation
How to pronounce tuberculous in British English:
UK [tju:'bɜ:kjʊləs]
How to pronounce tuberculous in American English:
US [tju'bɜkjələs]
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- Adjective:
- constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
Word Origin
- tuberculous (adj.)
- "characterized by tubers," 1747, from Latin tuberculum (see tubercule) + -ous.
Example
- 1. Clinical analysis of 28 cases with constrictive tuberculous pericarditis .
- 2. Outcomes and treatments of tuberculous spinal kyphosis deformity .
- 3. Key words tuberculous pleurisy ; fibrinolytic activity intervene ; pleural hyperplasia .
- 4. Can the tuberculous pleurisy patient be pregnant ?
- 5. Objective to report the experience of surgical treatment of tuberculous tracheobronchial stenosis .