tubercle

tu·ber·cle

 (to͞o′bər-kəl, tyo͞o′-)

n.

1. A small rounded projecting part or outgrowth, such as a wartlike excrescence on the roots of some leguminous plants or a knoblike process in the skin or on a bone.

2. Medicine A nodule or swelling, especially a mass of lymphocytes and epithelioid cells forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

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[Latin tūberculum, diminutive of tūber, lump; see tuber.]

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tubercle

(ˈtjuːbəkəl) or

tuberculum

n

1. (Botany) any small rounded nodule or elevation, esp on the skin, on a bone, or on a plant

2. (Pathology) any small rounded pathological lesion of the tissues, esp one characteristic of tuberculosis

[C16: from Latin tūberculum a little swelling, diminutive of tuber]

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tu•ber•cle

(ˈtu bər kəl, ˈtyu-)

n.

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

2.

a. a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling.

b. such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

3. a tuberlike swelling or nodule on a plant.

[1570–80; < Latin tūberculum. See tuber¹, -cle¹]

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tu·ber·cle

(to͞o′bər-kəl)

A small rounded projection or swelling, as on the roots of legumes or on skin or a bone.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tubercle - a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis lesion - any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
	2.	tubercle - small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant nodule plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
	3.	tubercle - a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament tuberosity, eminence deltoid eminence, deltoid tuberosity - a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"

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Translations

Tuberkel

tubérculo

tubercle

[ˈtjuːbəkl] N (all senses) → tubérculo m

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tubercle

n (Bot) → Knoten m, → Knötchen nt; (Med also) → Tuberkel m

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tu·ber·cle

n. tubérculo.

1. nódulo pequeño;

2. pequeña prominencia de un hueso;

3. lesión producida por el bacilo de la tuberculosis.

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