tubercle.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
Where this word comes from
Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber.
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