tubercle

  1. Noun.  (anatomy) A round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on bones especially for the attachment of a muscle or ligament. A small elevation on the surface of a tooth. .
  2. Noun.  (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
  3. Noun.  (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

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