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tubercle
  1. (anatomy) 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.
  2. (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
  3. (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The doctor noticed a small tubercle on the x-ray, indicating a potential abnormality on the patient's bone.”
      “The seedling lost its hyaline appearance and the parasite died before a tubercle had formed.”
      “Bone plugs from the patella and the tibial tubercle were taken in line with the incised tendon by using a small saw.”
tuberculosis
  1. (pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Studies indicate that many physicians demonstrate poor compliance with recommended tuberculosis treatment guidelines.”
      “The majority of the people she sees are suffering from malaria, tuberculosis and skin diseases.”
      “A number of serious diseases afflict the population, including malaria, tuberculosis, and cholera.”
tuberculocidin
  1. (dated) A substance contained in tuberculin, supposed to be the active agent of the latter freed from various impurities.
tuberculid
  1. (medicine) Any of a group of skin conditions associated with an underlying or silent focus of tuberculosis.
tuberculin
  1. An antigen used in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
  2. Examples:
    1. “All pregnant patients with HIV infection should also undergo tuberculin skin testing as part of their routine prenatal care.”
      “A tuberculin skin test result is positive in less than 50 percent of patients.”
      “Tuberculin skin testing with tuberculin purified protein derivative is used to screen persons for latent tuberculosis infection.”
tuberculization
  1. (medicine) The development of tubercles; the condition of one who is affected with tubercles.
tuberculoplasmin
tuberculoma
  1. (medicine) A lesion associated with tuberculosis.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Patients can have focal neurological deficits depending on the location of the tuberculoma.”
      “Pituitary tuberculoma was first described in 1940 by Coleman and Meredit, and many cases have been reported in subsequent years.”
      “An intraoperative biopsy was planned to confirm the diagnosis and to rule out the possibility of tuberculoma.”
tuberculotic
  1. Someone who suffers from tuberculosis.
tuberculation
  1. The formation of tubercules.
tubercule
  1. tubercle
  2. Examples:
    1. “A tubercule may caseate, a process that is destructive and dangerous to the organism.”
      “Glenoid neck length was measured linearly along the scapular plane between the inferior glenoid rim and the infraglenoid tubercule.”
      “The periosteum that is 2cm medial to tibial tubercule is slide towards the medial.”
tuberculum
  1. tubercle
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In the Odontocetes the ribs have, some of them, the normal attachment by capitulum and tuberculum.”
      “The tuberculum and capitulum on each of the trunk ribs are separated only by a shallow concavity.”
      “In the Mystacocetes the attachment, where it exists, is very loose, and the tuberculum alone is attached to its vertebra.”
tuberculations
  1. plural of tuberculation
tuberculoses
tuberculotics
  1. plural of tuberculotic
tuberculomas
  1. plural of tuberculoma
tuberculomata
  1. plural of tuberculoma
tubercula
  1. plural of tuberculum
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The first nine to eleven have the capitula and tubercula separate, afterwards they gradually merge together.”
      “In the Physeteridae most of the ribs are connected to the vertebrae by both capitula and tubercula.”
      “The capitula are scarcely developed, and the attachment of the tubercula to the transverse processes is loose.”
tuberculids
  1. plural of tuberculid
tuberculums
  1. (rare) plural of tuberculum
tuberculins
  1. plural of tuberculin
tubercules
  1. plural of tubercule
tubercles
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