Synonyms: consumptive, tubercular, lunger
Definition: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis
Similar words: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
Definition: a person suffering from an illness
Synonyms: tubercular, tuberculous
Definition: constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
Usage: a tubercular child; tuberculous patients; tubercular meningitis
Definition: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
Usage: ill from the monotony of his suffering