tuberculationn.
/t(j)ᵿˌbəːkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, /tʃᵿˌbəːkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /təˌbərkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌt(j)uˌbərkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. Chiefly Zoology. The property of being tuberculate (tuberculate adj. 1); the form that this takes. Also (concrete): a tubercle (tubercle n. 1); †a series of tubercles (obsolete).
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > rounded projection
boss1386
ball1530
tubercle1556
tubercule1596
tuberculum1597
tuberosity1611
caruncle1615
papilla1671
bulb1716
tuber1741
mammula1815
mamilla1818
tuberculation1820
verruca1822
monticule1874
miliary1880
1820 C. Wodarch Introd. Study Conchol. 103 The exterior of the Sea-ears is generally composed of rugæ or tuberculations, over which pass approximate elevated striæ.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 778/1 Branchiae..covered with a multitude of small tuberculations.
1880 T. H. Huxley Crayfish vi. 294 The tuberculation of the carapace and limbs.
1904 L. R. Abrams Flora Los Angeles 421 Ray-achenes..smooth on the sides, with a few coarse tuberculations on the back.
1991 R. Goldring Fossils in Field iv. 75 Identification can frequently be achieved on a few features:..Mesozoic ammonoids: form of conch and venter, ribbing and tuberculation, suture line.
2001 S. T. Ross Inland Fishes Mississippi vi. 151/1 Tuberculation is also extensive on the body and fins.
2. Medicine. The formation or presence of tubercles (tubercle n. 2a), esp. in the disease tuberculosis; the condition of having tubercles. Cf. tuberculate adj. 2. Now rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > wasting disease > [noun] > tuberculosis
decline1783
tubercle1795
tuberculation1822
tuberculization1823
tubercularization1839
tuberculosis1839
tuberculocele1858
white plague1860
tuberculid1868
tuberculoderma1881
white scourge1895
tubercule1901
white death1901
T.B.1912
1822 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Med. Sci. 3 563 Effusion, suppuration, tuberculation, are, we apprehend, of more frequent occurrence than canification [sic] of the lungs.
1861 T. J. Graham Pract. Med. 300 A confirmatory sign of tuberculation of the lungs.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 795 The erythematous lupus may be distinguished from lupus vulgaris..by the absence of tuberculation.
1903 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 42 383 Those artists of old Peru conscientiously would never have neglected the horrible appearance of tuberculation of the face or the clubbed and clawed hands of a leper.
3. The formation of tubercles (tubercle n. 4b) on a metal surface, esp. the inner surface of a water pipe; an instance of this; (concrete) a tubercle of this kind.
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1860 G. R. Baldwin & C. L. Stevenson Rep. Supplying City of Charlestown with Pure Water 44 The discoloration of the water, and the decrease in the capacity of iron pipes, owing to rust and tuberculation, may be in a measure prevented by a coating of varnish or composition.
1913 S. S. Wyer Regulation, Valuation & Depreciation Public Utilities 117 Tuberculations..increase in size and numbers until they ultimately become confluent and form a coating of considerable thickness.
1967 Standard Handbk. Mech. Engineers (ed. 7) viii. 225 The cement lining of cast- iron and steel pipe for water and other services is regarded with increasing favor because of its protection against unusual destructive agencies and its ability to prevent tuberculation.
2008 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 13 Mar. b6 Pipes show evidence of corrosion and tuberculation..that leads to dirty water and affects the pipes' ability to transport water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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