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Tubercle

Tubercle Meaning & Definition
Tubercle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tubercle?

[n] a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
[n] small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
[n] a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tubercle: eminence | nodule | tuberosity

Related Terms | Find terms related to Tubercle:

See Also | appendage | deltoid eminence | deltoid tuberosity | enation | lesion | outgrowth | plant process | process

Tubercle In Webster's Dictionary

\Tu"ber*cle\, n. [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.) 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.

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