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Meaning of tubercle

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tubercle

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.

  3. A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.