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Tubercle 1

Definition: A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.

Tubercle 2

Definition: 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.

tubercle 3

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

tubercle 4

Definition: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

tubercle 5

Definition: a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

 

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