Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Producing or bearing tubers.
- adj. Being or resembling a tuber: a tuberous root.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Covered with knobby or wart-like prominences; knobbed.
- In botany, of the nature of or resembling a tuber; bearing tubers.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or producing tubers
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
- adj. (Bot.) Consisting of, or bearing, tubers; resembling a tuber.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or resembling a tuber
Examples
“Novartis said the European Commission approved the tablet to treat patients aged three years and older who suffer from a brain tumors that are caused by a genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis.”
The Wall Street Journal: Novartis Tumor Pill Wins European Approval
“Rothberg's 14-year-old daughter, the oldest of his five kids, has a mild form of an inherited disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, a relatively rare disorder 50,000 or so Americans have it that can cause benign tumors in the heart, kidney, skin, lungs, eyes and brain, where seizures can occur.”
“He has a disease called tuberous sclerosis, and we just had brain surgery!”
“MOORE: And I ` m walking down the street and I hear, Julianne Moore, hey my name is Tom Lindsey, and this is my son Tommy and he has a disease called tuberous sclerosis and we just had brain surgery.”
“He has a disease called tuberous sclerosis and we just had brain surgery.”
“Evan was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis complex, which causes benign tumors to grow in the brain and other vital organs, such as the kidneys.”
“Tuberous sclerosis complex, also known as tuberous sclerosis (TS), affects approximately one to two million people worldwide and is associated with a variety of resulting disorders including seizures, swelling in the brain (hydrocephalus), developmental delays and skin lesions[2],[5].”
“Studying a rare disorder known as tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), researchers at Children's Hospit ...”
“It's called tuberous sclerosis, noncancerous tumors that grow in every organ.”
“A rare genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is yielding insight into a possible cause of some neurodevelopmental disorders: structural abnormalities in neurons, or brain cells.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘tuberous’.
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phrontistery-t
from phrontistery.info
tabacosis, tabanid, tabaret, tabati?re, tabby, tabefaction, tabellary, tabellion, tabernacle, tabernacular, tabescent, tabific and 930 more...
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Behold, The Potato
All things potato. History, foodways and potato recipe names, cultivar or variety names, farming, production, diseases and pests, folklore.
spud, tater, starchy, tuberous, <i>Solanum tubero..., <i>Phytophthora i..., potato blight, late blight, blight, Ireland, Irish potato, lumper and 331 more...
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
ridiculous, brummagem, predicament, sanctimonious, vapid, eschew, admonish, auspicious, capitulation, enumerate, lachrymose, tenet and 1648 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, T
torquate, thalassocracy, toothsome, travois, tempestuous, tone, tincture, tripwire, tether, trill, tenacious, travesty and 355 more...
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Spod's Words
corpulent, squidge, squiffy, sinuosity, ebullient, finger, penetrate, stimulate, recalcitrant, recidivist, dunnock, rococo and 152 more...
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Forest For The Trees
Words to describe forests, tree parts & tree culture.
petiole, deciduous, phytoremediation, riparian zone, scion, xeriscape, samara, freestone, clingstone, blowdown, butt log, sylvan and 49 more...
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Knobbed
Words meaning knobbed
condyloid, tuberous, tuberose, tubercular, tuberculate, tuberculiform, tuberculed, tuberculous, nodose, nodous, nodular, nodulated
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