Dictionary

tubercle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʈ(j)uː.bəɾ.kel/ (India)
• /ˈʈ(j)uː.bɜː(ɾ).kel/ (India)
• /ˈt(j)ʉ.bəɹ.kəl/ (Scotland)
• /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/ (Canada, General-American)
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• /ˈt(j)ʉː.bə.kəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• t(y)o͞o′bər-kəl

Etymology

Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber.

Meanings

1. A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth, especially those found on bones for the attachment of a muscle or ligament or small elevations on the surface of a tooth.
   • the iliac tubercles
   • The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from little tubercles close to the upper edge of the shoulder or bend of the wing; they are narrow, gently curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a pure creamy white colour. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 41:
2. A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
3. A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

Forms

Deriveds

olive tubercle · tubercled · Montgomery's tubercle · tuberculoid · pubic tubercle · Javan tubercle snake · basal tubercle · butchers' tubercle · tuberculosis · intertubercle · genital tubercle · Darwin's tubercle · trituberculy · tuberclelike · microtubercle

Synonyms

tuberosity · nodule · eminence

Translations (33)

pt tubérculo (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis) · cs hrbolek (round nodule on a bone) · ca tubercle (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · fi juurinystyrä (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · fi nystermä (round nodule on a bone) · pl guzek (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis) · la tūberculum (round nodule on a bone) · la tūberculum (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · fr tubercule (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · pt tubérculo (round nodule on a bone) · fi tuberkkeli (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis) · tl litbusngi (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · es tubérculo (round nodule on a bone) · nan 結節 /结节 (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · pt tubérculo (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · yue 結節 /结节 (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · la tūberculum (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis) · es tubérculo (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · hy պալարիկ (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · pl guzek (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · io tuberkulo (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · fi nystyrä (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · fi nysty (round nodule on a bone) · es tubérculo (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis) · pl guzek (round nodule on a bone) · nl tuberkel (round nodule on a bone) · ca tubercle (round nodule on a bone) · hy պալար (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis) · cmn 結節 /结节 (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) · de Tuberkel (round nodule on a bone) · de Tuberkel (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis) · fi tuberkkeli (round nodule on a bone) · nl tuberkel (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis)