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tuberculate

UK/tjuˈbɜːkjəlɪt/US/tuˈbɝkjəlɪt/

tuberculate adjective: having tubercles.

Adjective

tuberculate (comparative more tuberculate, superlative most tuberculate)

  1. Having tubercles.
    Synonyms:
    tubercular
  2. Having tuberculosis.

Synonyms of tuberculate

Forms of tuberculate

comparativemore tuberculate
superlativemost tuberculate

Origin of tuberculate

From Latin tūberculātus. By surface analysis, tubercul(um) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French tuberculé.

Words formed from tuberculate

Questions about tuberculate

What does tuberculate mean?
Tuberculate means having tubercles.
What part of speech is tuberculate?
Tuberculate is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tuberculate?
Tuberculate is pronounced /tjuˈbɜːkjəlɪt/ (UK).

Words near tuberculate in the dictionary

  1. tubercularized
  2. tubercularizes
  3. tubercularizing
  4. tubercularly
  5. tuberculars
  6. tuberculate
  7. tuberculated
  8. tuberculately
  9. tuberculation
  10. tuberculations
  11. tubercule

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