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Word: tubercle (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • anatomy A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on bones especially for the attachment of a muscle or ligament. A small elevation on the surface of a tooth.
  • botany A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some cacti.
  • mycology A mass of hyphae from which a mushroom is produced.
  • pathology A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

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