tubercle has definitions from the fields of zoology,botany,medicine,pathology
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[ noun ] (botany,zoology) small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

Synonyms

nodule

Related terms

plant_process

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[ noun ] (medicine,pathology) a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

Related terms

lesion

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[ noun ] (zoology) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Synonyms

eminence tuberosity

Related terms

process deltoid_eminence

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