Tubercle

/ˈtuːbɚkəl/

Synonyms for "tubercle" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(3 words)

eminence nodule tuberosity

abscess apostemebed sorebilge blain bleb blister blob boil boss bow bubble bubo bulb bulbil bulge bulla bump bunch bunion

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burl button cahot

Strong matches (39)

cankercanker sorecarbuncle chancre chancroid chilblain chine clumpcold sorecondyle convex corm dowel ear eschar felon fester festeringfever blisterfistula

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flange flap furuncle furunculus gall gathering gnarl gumboil handle hemorrhoids hill hump hunch jog joggle kibe knob knot

Noun(1 words)

Related words (64)

knur knurl lesion lip loop lump mole mountain nevus nub nubbin nubble papilloma papula papule paronychia parulis peg petechia pile

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Noun(3 words)

lesion outgrowth protuberance

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More general

9 entries

anatomical featureappendagebone prominenceenation lesion outgrowthpathologic lesionplant processprocess

More specific

4 entries

ghon tuberclegreater tuberclelesser tubercleranke complex

Collocations

6 entries

bone tuberclegreater tuberclelesser tuberclepulmonary tubercletubercle formationtuberculous granuloma

Inflections

2 entries

tubercles tubercula

Derivations

4 entries

tubercular tuberculate tuberculation tuberculous

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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the iliac tubercles

Source: wiktionary

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