tuberculose

[ too-bur-kyuh-lohs, tyoo- ]

adjective

1. tuberculate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuberculose¹

1745–55; < New Latin tūberculōsus; tubercle, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

We talked, in editing the story, about leaving “tuberculose” in French.

From The New Yorker

Pour les Blessés de la Tuberculose.

From Project Gutenberg

“Pour les Blessés de la Tuberculose.”

From Project Gutenberg

P. 8-12 cm. viscid, exp. depr. red or greenish, margin at length sulcate and tuberculose, flesh white; g. broad, yellow, powdered with the ochre spores; s. 4-5 cm. even, ventricose, white; sp. 9-10. var. alba, Cke.

From Project Gutenberg

Differs from R. pectinata in ochre gills and mild taste, and from R. ravida in pectinate and tuberculose margin.

From Project Gutenberg