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1. (n.) tubercle
a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
2. tubercle
a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling.
3. tubercle
such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
4. tubercle
a tuberlike swelling or nodule on a plant.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L tūberculum. See tuber1, -cle1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) tubercle
a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
2. (noun) nodule, tubercle
small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
3. (noun) tuberosity, tubercle, eminence
a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tubercle
a small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy
2. (noun) tubercle
a small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption
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