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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

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