Tubercle

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (n.) 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.

Compare tubercle with other words:

protuberance vs. tubercle

process vs. tubercle

epicondyle vs. tubercle

tubercle vs. tubercled

miliary vs. tubercle

cusp vs. tubercle

crest vs. tubercle

content vs. tubercle

mobile vs. tubercle

condyle vs. tubercle

strophiole vs. tubercle

tubercle vs. tuberculate

coronate vs. tubercle

nodule vs. tubercle

eminence vs. tubercle

tubercle vs. tuberosity

tubercle vs. tuberculum

lesion vs. tubercle

orchid vs. tubercle

ligament vs. tubercle

leguminous vs. tubercle

bone vs. tubercle

muscle vs. tubercle

spine vs. tubercle

tuber vs. tubercle

tubercle vs. tuberculosis