ALL meanings of tubercle
tu·ber·cle
T t - noun tubercle Pathology. a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling. such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. 1
- noun tubercle Botany. a tuberlike swelling or nodule. 1
- noun tubercle growth or lesion 1
- noun tubercle a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body. 1
- noun tubercle any small rounded nodule or elevation, esp on the skin, on a bone, or on a plant 0
- noun tubercle any small rounded pathological lesion of the tissues, esp one characteristic of tuberculosis 0
- noun tubercle any small, rounded projection or process 0
- noun tubercle any of the wartlike growths on the roots of some plants 0
- noun tubercle a knoblike elevation, as on a bone 0
- noun tubercle any abnormal hard nodule or swelling; specif., the typical nodular lesion of tuberculosis 0