Associations to the word «Tubercle»

TUBERCLE, noun. (anatomy) 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.

TUBERCLE, noun. (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.

TUBERCLE, noun. (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

TUBERCLE, noun. A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

TUBERCLE, noun. Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant.

TUBERCLE, noun. A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.