Words Like TUBERCLE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to TUBERCLE.

5 Alternative Words Similar to tubercle

1 Tuberosity Noun      Synonym Words Like Tuberosity
2 Eminence Noun      Synonym Words Like Eminence
3 Appendage Noun      Synonym Words Like Appendage
4 Outgrowth Noun      Synonym Words Like Outgrowth
5 Process Noun      Synonym Words Like Process

1 examples of tubercle

1 a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.

10 definitions of tubercle

1 A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid
2 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.
3 a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
4 a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
5 small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
6 A small rounded projecting part or outgrowth, such as a wartlike excrescence on the roots of some leguminous plants or a knoblike process in the skin or on a bone.
7 Pathology A nodule or swelling, especially a mass of lymphocytes and epithelioid cells forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
8 A little tuber, or tubercule; a small tuberosity; especially, a small projection of a bone, for the attachment of a ligament or tendon, as of the femur, hyoid, scaphoid, ulna, tibia, zygoma, etc. See tuberculum and tuberosity.
9 A roughness on the humerus for the insertion of the deltoid muscle: usually called deltoid ridge.
10 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.
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