v. [f. L. tūbercul-um TUBERCLE + -IZE; cf. F. tuberculiser (Littré).] a. trans. To affect or infect with tubercle or tuberculosis; to make tuberculous; also, ‘to treat with tuberculin’ (Dorland, Med. Dict., 1913). b. intr. To become tuberculous. Hence Tuberculized ppl. a.
1847–9. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., IV. 106/2. Tuberculized pulmonary substance.
1863. Aitken, Sc. & Pract. Med. (1866), II. 191. These cells tuberculize, or undergo the tuberculous metamorphosis.
1897. D. N. Kinsman, in Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, 20 Feb. As soon as a person is known to be tuberculized.
1901. Lancet, 9 Nov., 1252/1. I hold … that a scrofulous person is not, and need not be, a tuberculised person.
