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What (who) is tubercle - definition
ROUNDED OUTGROWTH FOUND ON EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL ORGANS OF PLANTS OR ANIMALS
Carnosity; Tubercule; Tubercles; Tubercle (anatomy); Tubercle of rib; Podarium; Podaria; Anatomic tubercle; Tubercules; Tuberculous nodules; Tuberculum; Tubercule (anatomy); Dorsal tubercle; Tubercled; Tuberositas
![Edmontosaurus annectens]]'', showing tubercular scales](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edmontosaurusskin.jpg?width=200 "Edmontosaurus annectens]]'', showing tubercular scales")
![Nudibranch ''[[Phyllidia varicosa]]'', clearly showing the yellow tubercles on the dorsum](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phyllidia.jpg?width=200 "Nudibranch ''[[Phyllidia varicosa]]'', clearly showing the yellow tubercles on the dorsum")
Tubercle
·noun 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.
II. Tubercle ·noun 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.
tubercle
['tju:b?k(?)l]
¦ noun
1. Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany a small rounded projection or protuberance, especially on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant.
2. Medicine a small nodular lesion in the lungs or other tissues, characteristic of tuberculosis.
Derivatives
tuberculate -'b?:kj?l?t adjective
Origin
C16: from L. tuberculum, dimin. of tuber (see tuber).
Tubercled
·adj Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.
Wikipedia
Tubercle
In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.
Examples of use of tubercle
1. The membrane effectively separates colon bacilli, dysentery bacilli, cholera germs, staphylococcus, tubercle bacilli, etc. and provides ideal sterilized water in an instant.