Synonyms for "tubercle" (129 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(3 words)

eminencenoduletuberosity

noduletuberosityabscessapostemebed sorebilgeblainblebblisterblobboilbossbowbubblebubobulbbulbilbulgebullabump

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bunchbunionburl

Strong matches (39)

buttoncahotcankercanker sorecarbunclechancrechancroidchilblainchineclumpcold sorecondyleconvexcormdoweleareminenceescharfelonfester

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festeringfever blisterfistulaflangeflapfurunclefurunculusgallgatheringgnarlgumboilhandlehemorrhoidshillhumphunchjogjogglekibe

Related words (64)

knobknotknurknurllesionliplooplumpmolemountainnevusnubnubbinnubblepapillomapapulapapuleparonychiaparulispeg

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petechiapilepilespimplepockpolyppustuleradicleradixrhizomeribridgeringrisingrootrootstockscabshouldersoft chancresorespinestigmastudstystylesuppurationswellingtabtaptaproottubertuberculetuberculumulcerulcerationverrucavesiclewalewartweltwhealwhelkwhitlowwound

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

appendageenationlesionoutgrowthplant processprocess

Synonyms

4 entries

eminencenoduletuberculumtuberosity

derived

10 entries

Darwin's tubercleJavan tubercle snakeMontgomery's tuberclebasal tuberclegenital tubercleolive tuberclepubic tubercletubercledtuberculoidtuberculosis

has context

3 entries

anatomybotanypathology

is a

2 entries

anatomical structurelesion

related to

8 entries

bonecactusleguminouslesionligamentmuscleorchidtuberculosis

Translations

24 translations across 11 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries

• պալար noun (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Catalan

2 entries

• tubercle noun (round nodule on a bone)
• tubercle noun (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants)

Czech

1 entries

• hrbolek noun (round nodule on a bone)

Dutch

2 entries

• tuberkel noun (round nodule on a bone)
• tuberkel noun (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Finnish

4 entries

• juurinystyrä noun (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants)
• nystermä noun (round nodule on a bone)
• nysty noun (round nodule on a bone)
• nystyrä noun (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants)

German

2 entries

• Tuberkel noun (round nodule on a bone)
• Tuberkel noun (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Latin

2 entries

• tūberculum noun (round nodule on a bone)
• tūberculum noun (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Polish

1 entries

• guzek noun (round nodule on a bone)

Portuguese

3 entries

• tubérculo noun (round nodule on a bone)
• tubérculo noun (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants)
• tubérculo noun (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Spanish

3 entries

• tubérculo noun (round nodule on a bone)
• tubérculo noun (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants)
• tubérculo noun (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)

Tagalog

1 entries

• litbusngi noun (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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the iliac tubercles

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