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Definition of Tubercle

1. Noun. A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

2. Noun. Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant.

3. Noun. A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.

Definition of Tubercle

1. n. 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.

Definition of Tubercle

1. Noun. (anatomy) 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. ¹

2. Noun. (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti. ¹

3. Noun. (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tubercle

1. a small, rounded swelling [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tubercle

1. Chronic inflammatory focus, a granuloma, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubercle

tuber frontale tuber ischiadicum tuber maxillae tuber of ischium tuber of vermis tuber omentale tuber parietale tuber radii tuber root tuber valvulae

tuber vermis tuber zygomaticum tuberal tuberal nuclei tubercidin tubercle (current term) tubercle bacillus tubercle of anterior scalene muscle tubercle of iliac crest tubercle of nucleus gracilis

tubercle of rib tubercle of saddle tubercle of scaphoid bone tubercle of tooth tubercle of trapezium tubercle of upper lip tubercled tubercles tubercula tubercula dolorosa

Literary usage of Tubercle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1888)
"See is a firm believer in the diagnostic value of tubercle bacilli in sputa. ... He concludes that tubercle bacilli in sputa are of the greatest diagnostic ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Koch affirmed that the difference between the bovine tubercle-bacillus (that is, the bacillus causing disease in cattle) and the human tubercle-bacillus was ..."

3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1917)
"Table 34 shows all specimens other than sputum examined for tubercle ... This table shows how seldom tubercle bacilli are found in anything but sputum. ..."

4. A System of Medicine by John Russell Reynolds, Henry Hartshorne (1880)
"The term tubercle literally implies a little swelling, and in this sense it still ... At present, by tubercle is understood a peculiar morbid deposit, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"Showed no distinct tubercle in 80 days. 12. 5. Guinea-pig. Same methods, only in dusk. ... Gave well-marked tubercle after 42 days. ..."

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