Found 3 items, similar to tubercle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tubercle bonggol
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tubercle tubercle n 1: a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis 2: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant [syn: nodule] 3: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, eminence]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tubercle Tubercle \Tu"ber*cle\, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See Tuber.] [1913 Webster] 1. A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption. [1913 Webster] Tubercle bacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, formerly Bacillus tuberculosis , and also called Koch's bacillus) discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue. It is the causative agent of tuberculosis. [1913 Webster +PJC]