About The Word Tubercle
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Tubercle
Tubercle Definition And Meaning |
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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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