Definitions for tubercle
ˈtu bər kəl, ˈtyu-tu·ber·cle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tuberclenoun

   a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

2. nodule, tuberclenoun

   small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

3. tuberosity, tubercle, eminencenoun

   a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tuberclenoun

   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. tuberclenoun

   A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.

3. tuberclenoun

   A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tuberclenoun

   A small swelling or excrescence on the body; a pimple.

   Etymology: tubercule, Fr. from tuberculum, Latin.

   A consumption of the lungs, without an ulceration, arrives through a schirrosity, or a crude tubercle. Gideon Harvey, on Consump.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tubercle

   In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tubercle

   A tubercle is a small, rounded prominence or projection on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant. It can also refer to a small, nodular outgrowth or lesion on the skin or internal organs, often associated with certain diseases such as tuberculosis.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tuberclenoun

   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. Tuberclenoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tubercle

   A tubercle is generally a wart-like projection, but it has slightly different meaning depending on which family of plants or animals it is used to refer to. In the case of certain orchids and cacti, it denotes a round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on the lip. They are also known as podaria. When referring to some members of the pea family, it is used to refer to the wart-like excrescences that are found on the roots. In mycology, a tubercle is used to refer to a mass of hyphae from which a mushroom is made. When it is used in relation to certain dorid nudibranchs such as Peltodoris nobilis, it means the nodules on the dorsum of the animal. These tubercles in nudibranchs can present themselves in different ways : each tubercle in a single rounded, conical or angular form, each tubercle in a compound form of two or more levels, tubercles in amalgamated clusters or as tubercles forming or joined by a ridge. In dinosaurs, a tubercle is a general term for the scales seen in skin impressions. In duck-billed dinosaurs, for example, three main types of tubercles are defined: small tubercles with no definite arrangement; larger, polygonal tubercles up to 1 cm in diameter, which are grouped into clusters separated by ground tubercles; and limpet-shaped conical scutes.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tubercle

   a little solid pimple or small chitinous button: really a ring, which may or may not give rise to a seta.

Matched Categories

1. • Lesion
   • Plant Process

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1724","1"],["1734","2"],["1740","7"],["1742","1"],["1745","1"],["1746","1"],["1748","1"],["1750","7"],["1751","2"],["1752","9"],["1753","2"],["1754","98"],["1756","3"],["1757","1"],["1759","4"],["1760","1"],["1763","7"],["1764","4"],["1766","20"],["1767","4"],["1769","7"],["1770","3"],["1771","8"],["1772","3"],["1774","3"],["1775","13"],["1776","8"],["1777","1"],["1778","13"],["1781","9"],["1783","5"],["1784","26"],["1785","69"],["1786","9"],["1787","10"],["1788","25"],["1789","4"],["1790","5"],["1791","8"],["1792","6"],["1793","68"],["1794","7"],["1795","8"],["1796","32"],["1797","3"],["1798","13"],["1799","10"],["1800","87"],["1801","47"],["1802","66"],["1803","53"],["1804","34"],["1805","18"],["1806","21"],["1807","31"],["1808","39"],["1809","53"],["1810","25"],["1811","113"],["1812","33"],["1813","114"],["1814","82"],["1815","52"],["1816","114"],["1817","61"],["1818","393"],["1819","73"],["1820","113"],["1821","74"],["1822","359"],["1823","182"],["1824","227"],["1825","265"],["1826","423"],["1827","284"],["1828","205"],["1829","478"],["1830","370"],["1831","810"],["1832","310"],["1833","375"],["1834","794"],["1835","516"],["1836","497"],["1837","909"],["1838","556"],["1839","711"],["1840","940"],["1841","770"],["1842","667"],["1843","768"],["1844","1089"],["1845","1517"],["1846","1510"],["1847","516"],["1848","942"],["1849","1263"],["1850","1127"],["1851","925"],["1852","2914"],["1853","1160"],["1854","3413"],["1855","2755"],["1856","1771"],["1857","1683"],["1858","1889"],["1859","1777"],["1860","2231"],["1861","1661"],["1862","1693"],["1863","1123"],["1864","1832"],["1865","3928"],["1866","3180"],["1867","1966"],["1868","3639"],["1869","1487"],["1870","2786"],["1871","3350"],["1872","2395"],["1873","1861"],["1874","2274"],["1875","2410"],["1876","2406"],["1877","1606"],["1878","2674"],["1879","2688"],["1880","3243"],["1881","3502"],["1882","5612"],["1883","4840"],["1884","3800"],["1885","5011"],["1886","4390"],["1887","3423"],["1888","3261"],["1889","3816"],["1890","3215"],["1891","4798"],["1892","4467"],["1893","5444"],["1894","3479"],["1895","6318"],["1896","4891"],["1897","4971"],["1898","6408"],["1899","4999"],["1900","6996"],["1901","8975"],["1902","6151"],["1903","8685"],["1904","7931"],["1905","8982"],["1906","8213"],["1907","12661"],["1908","10068"],["1909","10350"],["1910","11161"],["1911","9174"],["1912","13213"],["1913","12978"],["1914","12634"],["1915","8829"],["1916","13569"],["1917","8600"],["1918","7027"],["1919","7443"],["1920","7768"],["1921","8314"],["1922","6795"],["1923","7618"],["1924","3349"],["1925","3963"],["1926","3797"],["1927","4642"],["1928","4427"],["1929","4095"],["1930","3732"],["1931","4056"],["1932","4460"],["1933","2590"],["1934","3263"],["1935","4160"],["1936","3519"],["1937","3113"],["1938","6528"],["1939","5989"],["1940","5481"],["1941","3558"],["1942","3877"],["1943","5270"],["1944","3441"],["1945","5264"],["1946","5104"],["1947","4296"],["1948","6680"],["1949","6605"],["1950","4801"],["1951","6273"],["1952","7594"],["1953","6659"],["1954","6117"],["1955","6021"],["1956","5345"],["1957","9222"],["1958","13775"],["1959","6927"],["1960","6824"],["1961","8152"],["1962","7621"],["1963","9517"],["1964","8494"],["1965","8530"],["1966","6810"],["1967","7105"],["1968","9109"],["1969","7638"],["1970","6825"],["1971","6727"],["1972","7269"],["1973","6569"],["1974","6845"],["1975","7697"],["1976","6518"],["1977","6170"],["1978","6524"],["1979","6640"],["1980","7450"],["1981","5831"],["1982","5898"],["1983","6309"],["1984","8302"],["1985","6483"],["1986","6938"],["1987","5333"],["1988","7110"],["1989","5860"],["1990","8250"],["1991","7707"],["1992","7343"],["1993","6714"],["1994","9923"],["1995","9476"],["1996","7113"],["1997","6937"],["1998","8369"],["1999","10709"],["2000","8191"],["2001","8570"],["2002","10572"],["2003","10172"],["2004","10754"],["2005","10637"],["2006","15983"],["2007","12756"],["2008","17595"]]

How to pronounce tubercle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tubercle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tubercle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tubercle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tubercle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tubercle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tubercle
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubercle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tubercle
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=tubercle
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tubercle
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=tubercle
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tubercle