Words Like TUBERCLE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to TUBERCLE.
5 Alternative Words Similar to tubercle
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.