Noun: tubercle t(y)oo-bu-kul
- A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
"The ischial tubercle is a bony prominence on the lower part of the pelvis";
- tuberosity, eminence
- Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
"The potato tubers were covered in small tubercles";
- nodule
- A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
"The X-ray showed tubercles in the patient's lungs"
Derived forms: tubercles
Type of: appendage, enation, lesion, outgrowth, plant process, process
Encyclopedia: Tubercle