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Tubercle Common

Tubercle has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

2

small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

3

a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

4

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lesion plant process process
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
deltoid tuberosity
Rhyming Words
cle icle secle macle cycle sicle socle uncle zocle circle sarcle boucle surcle guncle mascle oracle acicle icicle nuncle muscle
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