tubercular

== English == === Etymology === Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) +‎ -ar === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tjuˈbɜːkjələ(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /tuˈbɝkjəlɚ/ === Adjective === tubercular (comparative more tubercular, superlative most tubercular) Of, pertaining to, or having tuberculosis. Synonyms: tuberculous; tuberculate (uncommon in this sense) 2012, Will Self, “Kafka’s Wound, A digital essay” London Review of Books website,[3] The adult Kafka – the Kafka vermiculated by tubercular bacilli after having been played on for decades, as a demonic organist might press fleshy keys and pull bony stops, by his own relentless neurasthenia – reached a mystical appreciation of his youthful velleity, characterising it as a desire both to expertly hammer together a table and at the same time ‘do nothing’. Relating to or reminiscent of the wheezing sounds associated with the breathing of tuberculosis patients. Having, being, or relating to tubercles. Synonym: tuberculate ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === tubercular (plural tuberculars) (dated) A person who has tuberculosis. ==== Translations ==== == Interlingua == === Adjective === tubercular (not comparable) tubercular, tuberculose