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Tubercle

//ˈtuːbɚkəl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.

    "the iliac tubercles"

  2. 2
    a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament wordnet
  3. 3
    A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
  4. 4
    small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant wordnet
  5. 5
    A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
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  1. 6
    a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis wordnet

Etymology

From Latin tūberculum, q.v.

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