OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26542

tubercle

/ˈtuːbɚkəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tubérculo
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
tubérculo
A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
tubérculo
A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.