a. 1. Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Like a tubercle; as, a tubercular excrescence. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Med.) Characterized by the development of tubercles; as, tubercular diathesis. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. -ized p. pr. & vb. n. i-zing ] [ Tubercular + -ize. ] (Med.) To infect with tuberculosis. -- Tu*ber`cu*lar*i*za"tion n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]