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tubercle

DEFINITIONS OF: tubercle

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n small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

Synonyms:
nodule
Type of:
enation, plant process
a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ

n a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Synonyms:
eminence, tuberosity
Types:
deltoid eminence, deltoid tuberosity
a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches
Type of:
appendage, outgrowth, process
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

n a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

Type of:
lesion
any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
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