Definition of tubercle Tubercle

tu•ber•cle

We found 10 definitions of tubercle from 5 different sources.

What does tubercle mean?

Noun Plural: tubercles
tubercle - a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
		lesion any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part
tubercle - a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
		tuberosity, eminence
		appendage, outgrowth, process a part that is joined to something larger
tubercle - small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
		nodule
		plant process, enation a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ

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tubercle (Noun)
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.
tubercle (Noun)
A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
tubercle (Noun)
A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

tubercle (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.
tubercle (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.

tubercle
tū′bėr-kl, n. a small tuber or swelling: a pimple: a small knob on leaves: the characteristic product of a specific micro-organism, the Bacillus tuberculosis—a new formation belonging to the group of Granulomata or granulative growths, which, in virtue of their recognised infectiveness, have been classed as Infective Granulomata.—adjs. Tū′bercled, having tubercles; Tuber′cular; Tuber′culate, -d, Tuber′culose, Tuber′culous, pertaining to tubercles: pimpled: affected with, or caused by, tubercles.—ns. Tuber′culin, -e, a liquid prepared by Koch in 1890, a forty to fifty per cent. glycerine solution of a pure cultivation of the tubercle bacillus, injected into the subcutaneous tissues of persons affected with tuberculosis; Tuberculisā′tion.—v.t. Tuber′culise.—adjs. Tuber′culoid; Tuber′culōsed.—ns. Tuberculō′sis, a specific infective disease induced by the invasion of the Bacillus tuberculosis, and characterised by the presence of tubercle or other tubercular formations—consumption or phthisis; Tuber′culum, a tubercle. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber.]