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TUBERCLE
tuberosity, tubercle, eminence
(noun) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
nodule, tubercle
(noun) small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
tubercle
(noun) a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tubercle (plural tubercles)
(anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
(botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
(pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
Synonyms
• tubercule
• tuberculum
• tuberosity
• eminence
• nodule
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"ber*cle, n. Etym: [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See Tuber.]
1. 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.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption. Tubercle bacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Bacillus tuberculosis) discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause of tubercles and tuberculosis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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