- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis Source: wordnet
- 4. n. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant Source: wordnet
- 5. n. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament Source: wordnet
- 6. 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. 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. Tubercle bacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Bacillus tuberculosis) discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause of tubercles and tuberculosis. Source: webster
- 7. A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, thedeposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of ahard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, whichgradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It ismost frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption. Tuberclebacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Bacillus tuberculosis)discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptivepatients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the excitingcause of tubercles and tuberculosis. Source: adambom
- 8. n:100 n. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis Source: ecdict
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