tubercular

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Latin tuberculum (“diminutive of tuber (“lump”)”) + -ar

He discovered tubercular disease of the larynx, which begins with slight hoarseness and weakness, and develops into one of the most rapid forms of phthisis. — Robert Elsmere, Humphry, Mrs. Ward
Let none call it impious or absurd to rank the greatest gift to mankind as the occasional result of an inherited tendency to tubercular disease. — Emily Brontë, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
On the one hand are those who point to Dr. Hardcastle's impaired health, and to the possibility of cerebral lesions of tubercular origin giving rise to strange hallucinations. — Tales of Terror and Mystery, Arthur Conan Doyle

consumptive, lunger

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