Etymology

tuberculous

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Today it means: Tubercular: having or relating to tuberculosis. Full definition →

Latin tuberculum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtuberculum“little lump”
  2. English todaytuberculous

From Latin tuberculum (“little lump”) + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Latintuberculum all →

tuberculosistubercletuberculartuberculum

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