1. A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis 
2. Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
   - nodule 
3. A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
   - tuberosity, eminence

Derived forms: tubercles

See also: tubercular, tuberculate

Type of: appendage, enation, lesion, outgrowth, plant process, process

Encyclopedia: Tubercle

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