tubercle

Betekenis (Engels)

1. 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. A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
3. A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

Sinonieme

tuberosity

eminence

nodule

node

wen

tuber

wart

blow-up

tuberculation

cactus

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excrescence

furuncle

lump

Vertalings

tubérculo

Tuberkel

tubercule

tubercle

kabarcık

tuberkel

yumrucuk

tubercolo

cactus

🌵

tuberositat

صبار

🌵

Taro-Mutterpflanze

Tuberculum

βολβός

Kaktus

🌵

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtuːbɚkəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin tūberculum, q.v.