tubercle

Nouns

  • (n) a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
  • (n) small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant nodule,
  • (n) a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament tuberosity, eminence,

Synonyms

nodule tuberosity eminence

Words of close approximity

tubercle bacillus