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Adjective: tuberculous  t(y)u'bur-kyu-lus or t(y)û'bur-kyu-lus
  1. Constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
    "tuberculous patients";
    - tubercular

See also: ill, sick

Encyclopedia: Tuberculous