Tubercle
noun
1.
a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
2.
Pathology.
a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling.
such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
3.
Botany. a tuberlike swelling or nodule.
noun
1.
any small rounded nodule or elevation, esp on the skin, on a bone, or on a plant
2.
any small rounded pathological lesion of the tissues, esp one characteristic of tuberculosis
tubercle tu·ber·cle (tōō’bər-kəl, tyōō’-)
n.
An anatomical nodule. Also called tuberculum.
A small elevation on the surface of a tooth.
A nodule or swelling, especially a mass of lymphocytes and epithelioid cells forming the characteristic granulomatous lesion of tuberculosis.
tubercle
(t’bər-kəl)
A small rounded projection, swelling, or lump, as on the roots of legumes or on bodily tissue, especially the cluster of inflammatory cells that form in the lungs in tuberculosis.
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