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tubercle

Syllables: tu·ber·cleUK/ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl//ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/

tubercle noun: 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.

Noun

tubercle (plural tubercles)

  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.

tubercle meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

tubercle in Tamil

எலும்பு முடிச்சு, எலும்புப் புடைப்பு, எலும்புருக்கி நோய்த் துவக்க நிலை, கழலை, சிறுமுகிழ், எலும்புப்புடைப்பு

tubercle in Tagalog

wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants
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Examples of tubercle in a sentence

  • Nutlet rugulose to transversely ridged; tubercle without grayish enlarged base.
  • The chelae are olive or brown, with cream or yellow propodal tubercles.
  • This high crowned tooth presents a complex pattern of conids, conulids, accessory tubercles and valleys.

All 12 example sentences with tubercle

Synonyms of tubercle

Forms of tubercle

pluraltubercles
alternative formtubercule
alternative formtuberculum

Origin of tubercle

Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber.

Words formed from tubercle

Phrases with tubercle

Questions about tubercle

What does tubercle mean?
Tubercle means 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.
What is tubercle in Tamil?
Tubercle in Tamil is எலும்பு முடிச்சு, எலும்புப் புடைப்பு, எலும்புருக்கி நோய்த் துவக்க நிலை. See Tubercle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tubercle?
Tubercle is a noun.
How do you pronounce tubercle?
Tubercle is pronounced /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/ (UK).
What is the plural of tubercle?
The plural of tubercle is tubercles.

Words near tubercle in the dictionary

  1. tuberaceous
  2. tuberactinomycin
  3. tuberactinomycins
  4. tuberal
  5. tubercidin
  6. tubercle
  7. tubercled
  8. tuberclelike
  9. tubercles
  10. tubercula
  11. tubercular

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tubercle (page history and authors); tubercle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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