Definitions for tubercleˈtu bər kəl, ˈtyu-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

tu•ber•cleˈtu bər kəl, ˈtyu-(n.)

  1. a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.

  2. a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling. such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

    Category: Pathology

  3. a tuberlike swelling or nodule on a plant.

    Category: Botany

Origin of tubercle:

1570–80; < L tūberculum. See tuber1, -cle1

Princeton's WordNet

  1. tubercle(noun)

    a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

  2. nodule, tubercle(noun)

    small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

  3. tuberosity, tubercle, eminence(noun)

    a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Wiktionary

  1. tubercle(Noun)

    A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on bones especially for the attachment of a muscle or ligament. A small elevation on the surface of a tooth.

  2. tubercle(Noun)

    A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.

  3. tubercle(Noun)

    A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tubercle(noun)

    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. Tubercle(noun)

    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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