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tuberculous, a.|tjuːˈbɜːkjʊləs|
[ad. L. type *tūberculōs-us, f. tūbercul-um tubercle: see -ous; cf. F. tuberculeux (1812 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. Path. Pertaining to or produced by tubercles; consisting or of the nature of tubercles; affected with tubercles.
1747tr. Astruc's Fevers 129 Though the..tuberculous ulcers may seem to be healed, yet they frequently return. a1834R. Carswell Pathol. Anat., Tubercle (1838) a iv b, I have never found these [scrofulous] glands..exempt from the presence of tuberculous matter. 1897[see tubercular 2].
b. Since 1882, almost always used spec. in reference to the tubercle-bacillus or to tuberculosis, and thus technically distinguished from tubercular in the general sense: see tubercular 2, 2 b.
1891Dublin Rev. Jan. 162 The new remedy can only act on living tuberculous tissue. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 17 Guinea-pigs inoculated subcutaneously..by virulent tuberculous material. 1899Ibid. VII. 466 Tuberculous meningitis is an acute disease depending on the invasion of the cerebral pia mater by the tubercle bacillus. 1903Times 7 Mar. 15/2 The eating of tuberculous pork. 1913Ibid. 13 Aug. 3/2 A steady increase in the use of hospitals for the tuberculous sick.
2. Nat. Hist. Full of or covered with tubercles; tuberculate, tubercular. (Now disused.)
1828Webster, Tubercular, Tuberculous,..full of knobs or pimples. 1833Penny Cycl. I. 114/2 The three first molars are pointed and trenchant, and the other four tuberculous. 1846Dana Zooph. (1848) 502 Surface tuberculous, with the tubercles subconical. |