3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular
diathesis.
{ Tu*ber"cu*late (?), Tu*ber"cu*la`ted (?), } a. [NL. tuberculatus: cf.
F. tuberculé.] Tubercled; tubercular.
Tu*ber"cu*lin (?), n. [See Tubercle.] A fluid containing the products
formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture
medium.
Tu*ber`cu*li*za"tion (?), n. (Med.) The development of tubercles; the
condition of one who is affected with tubercles.
{ Tu*ber"cu*lose` (?), Tu*ber"cu*lous (?), } a. Having tubercles;
affected with, or characterized by, tubercles; tubercular.
||Tu*ber`cu*lo"sis (?), n. [NL. See Tubercle.] (Med.) A constitutional
||disease characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal
||organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most
||common variety of pulmonary consumption.
||
||Tu*ber"cu*lum (?), n.; pl. Tubercula (#). [L., dim. of tuber a
||swelling.] (Zoöl.) A tubercle.
||
Tu`ber*if"er*ous (?), a. [Tuber + - ferous.] Producing or bearing
tubers.
Tube"rose` (?), n. [Cf. G. tuberose, F. tubéreuse, NL. Polianthes
tuberosa. See Tuberous.] (Bot.) A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a
tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its
beautiful and fragrant white blossoms.
Tu"ber*ose` (?), a. Tuberous.
Tu`ber*os"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Tuberosities (#). [Cf. F. tubérosité.] 1.
The state of being tuberous.