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tuberculizing

tuberculizing is the present participle and gerund of tuberculize.

Meaning of tuberculize

Verb

tuberculize (third-person singular simple present tuberculizes, present participle tuberculizing, simple past and past participle tuberculized)

  1. (transitive) To infect with tuberculosis.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo the changes, such as softening, that are characteristic of a tubercle.

Questions about tuberculizing

What is tuberculizing the present participle and gerund of?
Tuberculizing is the present participle and gerund of tuberculize.

Words near tuberculizing in the dictionary

  1. tuberculization
  2. tuberculizations
  3. tuberculize
  4. tuberculized
  5. tuberculizes
  6. tuberculizing
  7. tuberculocidal
  8. tuberculocidality
  9. tuberculocidin
  10. tuberculoid
  11. tuberculoma

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