combining form of L. tūbercul-um TUBERCLE, properly used adverbially; also attrib. or objectively (instead of the regular tuberculi-: see -O), in several technical terms, chiefly of pathology and medicine. Tuberculocele [Gr. κήλη tumor], ‘tuberculous disease of the testicle’ (Dorland, Med. Dict., 1900–13). Tuberculocide [irreg. for *tuberculicide: see -CIDE], any preparation that destroys the tubercle-bacillus; hence Tuberculocidin [-IN1], an albumose obtained from tuberculin, used as a tuberculicide. ǁ Tuberculoderma [Gr. δἑρμα skin], tuberculosis of the skin (Cent. Dict. Suppl., 1909). Tuberculo-fibroid a., ‘characterized by tubercle that has undergone a fibroid degeneration’ (Dorland). Tuberculo-opsonic a., relating to the opsonin of the tubercle-bacillus. Tuberculophobia [-PHOBIA], a morbid dread of tuberculosis. Tuberculoplasmin, a solution of the protoplasm of tubercle-bacilli. Tuberculosectorial a., Zool. [SECTORIAL a.2], applied to a type of molar teeth having high conical tubercles or cusps adapted for cutting. Tuberculo-squamous a. [SQUAMOUS], characterized by tubercles and scales. Tuberculotherapy [Gr. θεραπεία nurture, medical treatment], ‘treatment of tuberculous patients by feeding with the raw flesh of animals affected by tuberculosis’ (Dorland). Tuberculotoxin, ‘any toxin of the tubercle bacillus’ (ibid.). Tuberculotropic a. [? after heliotropic, etc.: cf. TROPIC a.1 4], having the property of combining chemically with the tubercle-bacillus.
c. 1900. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sc., I. 461. *Tuberculocide.
1892. Pall Mall G., 23 July, 5/1. An experiment … on twelve more or less tuberculous persons with the so-called *tuberculocidin, which is a modification of Professor Koch’s remedy, invented by Professor Klebs, of Zurich.
1895. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sc., IX. 903/1. Tuberculin yields about two and a half per cent. of tuberculocidin.
1898. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., V. 255. Sir A. Clark … describes two main forms [of pneumoconiosis] as … the *tuberculo-fibroid and fibro-tuberculous.
1907. Med. Record, 14 Dec., 987. In one of these [cases] the *tuberculo-opsonic index was from normal to 0·7 below normal.
1901. Lancet, 27 July, 192/1. *Tuberculophobia must not be produced, the patient must not be made a pariah.
c. 1900. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sc., I. 692. *Tuberculoplasmin.
1893. Proc. Zool. Soc., 28 Feb., 197. The … *tuberculo-sectorial type of inferior molars.
1879. St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 592. Rupial sore: *tuberculo-squamous eruption.
1909. Cent. Dict. Suppl., *Tuberculotropic.
