tubercle
1. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis • Derivationally related forms: tubercular, tuberculous • Hypernyms: lesion 2. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant • Syn: nodule • Derivationally related forms: nodular (for: nodule) • Hypernyms: plant process, enation 3. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament • Syn: tuberosity, eminence • Derivationally related forms: tubercular, tuberous (for: tuberosity) • Hypernyms: process, outgrowth, appendage • Hyponyms: deltoid tuberosity, deltoid eminence
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