tubercle (n.)

  1. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

  2. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

    [ Syn: nodule ]

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

    [ Syn: tuberosity , eminence ]

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