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antitubercular

antitubercular adjective: that is used to treat tuberculosis.

Adjective

antitubercular (not comparable)

  1. That is used to treat tuberculosis.

Noun

antitubercular (plural antituberculars)

  1. A drug used to treat tuberculosis.

Forms of antitubercular

pluralantituberculars

Origin of antitubercular

From anti- + tubercular or anti- + tubercul(um) + -ar.

Questions about antitubercular

What does antitubercular mean?
Antitubercular means that is used to treat tuberculosis.
What part of speech is antitubercular?
Antitubercular can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antitubercular in the dictionary

  1. antitrypanosome
  2. antitrypanosomic
  3. antitrypsin
  4. antitrypsins
  5. antitryptic
  6. antitubercular
  7. antituberculars
  8. antituberculosis
  9. antituberculostatic
  10. antituberculostatics
  11. antituberculotic

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