Tubercle

Definition: Tubercle

Tubercle

Noun

1. A swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

2. Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant.

3. A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.

Date "tubercle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)

Etymology: Tubercle \Tu"ber*cle\, noun. [Latin expression tuberculum, diminutive of tuber: compare to the French expression tubercule, Old French also tubercle. See Tuber.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A nodule of chronic inflammation that is a characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	A rounded elevation on a bone or other structure. Source: European Union. (references)
Science	A small, wart-like process. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Tubercle

Synonyms: eminence (n), nodule (n), tuberosity (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Convexity	Intumescence; tumour, tumor; tubercle, tuberosity; excrescence; hump, hunch, bunch.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Tubercle

English words defined with "tubercle": acid-fast ♦ cycloserine ♦ Koch ♦ Mantoux test, Metapophysis, miliary tuberculosis ♦ Phyma ♦ Robert Koch ♦ Sand canal ♦ T.B., tine test, tubercular, tuberculosis, tuberculous, Tuberculum. (references)

Specialty definitions using "tubercle": Mycobacterium bovis ♦ Nucleus Accumbens ♦ Olfactory Pathways ♦ Patellar Ligament, Pericarditis, Tuberculous ♦ Tuberculosis, Hepatic. (references)

Etymologies containing "tubercle": Trituberculy, tuberculin, tuberculosis. (references)

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	[Microscopy: Sputum specimen, showing tubercle bacilli and red corpuscles]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The TB bacterium also is known as the tubercle bacillus. (references)
		The tuberculin skin test, also known as the Mantoux test, can identify most people infected with tubercle bacilli six to eight weeks after initial exposure. (references)
		INH prevents the disease in most people in close contact with infected people or who are infected with the tubercle bacilli but who do not have active TB. The drug is given daily for six to 12 months and strict patient compliance in taking medication is essential to prevent drug-resistant strains from emerging. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Tubercle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tubercle" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	24	71,196

Expressions using "tubercle": Foot tubercle ♦ genial tubercle ♦ Montgomery's tubercle ♦ nuptial tubercle ♦ tubercle bacillus. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "tubercle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tuberkulez, xhungë (boss, bulge, bump, excrescence, gall, gallnut, glandule, hump, hunch, knob, knur, knurr, lump, node, nub, overgrowth, protuberance, swelling, tuber), gungë (boss, bump, gibbosity, hummock, hump, hunch, knob, knot, knur, knurl, knurr, node, nub, overgrowth, promontory, protuberance, swell, swelling, tuber, tumefaction), berkular. (various references)

Arabic		‏حديبة, ‏عجرة (nub), ‏درينة (knot). (various references)

Bulgarian		тумор (gibbosity, neoplasm, swelling, tuber, tumor, tumour), туберкулозен възел, туберкулоза (decline, phthisis, tb, the white scourge, tuberculosis), гулийка, нарастък (excrescence, knot, tuber), малка грудка. (various references)

Chinese		节�". (various references)

Czech		nádor (growth, lump, polypus, tuber, tumor, tumour). (various references)

Danish		tuberkuløst granulom, tuberkel, lille knude (nodule), knude (knot, node), fremspring (bracket, bulge, cantilevered beam, corbel, nose, outgrowth, prominence, protuberance, spur). (various references)

Dutch		tuberkel, tuberculum, tuberculeuze follikel, tuber (node, nodus), knobbel (node, nodus). (various references)

Finnish		tuberkuloosikyhmy, tuberkuloosigranulooma. (various references)

French		tubercule (tuber). (various references)

German		Tuberkel (tubercles). (various references)

Greek		όγκωμα (blank, intumescence), φύμα (caruncle), φυμάτι, φυματιώδες λεμφοζίδιο, φυματιώδες θυλάκιο. (various references)

Hebrew		�'בשוש (tuber, wart). (various references)

Hungarian		gümõ. (various references)

Indonesian		bonggol (bump, tuber, tuberosity, wen). (various references)

Italian		tubercolo. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		芋� � . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		いもがしら. (various references)

Korean		결핵 (tuberculosis). (various references)

Manx		moyl beg, gurrin (blain, pimple), goodin. (various references)

Pig Latin		ubercletay

Portuguese		tubérculo (root tuber, tuber, tuber crop). (various references)

Romanian		tubercul (tubercule). (various references)

Russian		бугорок (knoll, papilla, protuberance). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kvrga (callus, knot, knurl, snag), izraštaj (excrescent, growth, outgrowth, process, protuberance, tuber). (various references)

Spanish		tubérculo (tuber). (various references)

Swedish		tuberkel, liten knöl (nodule). (various references)

Turkish		tüberkül, yumrucuk, kabarcık (blister, bubble, papilla, papula, papule, pimple, pock, pustule, vesicle), küçuk yumru. (various references)

Ukrainian		вузлик (bead, nodule, nub), бульбочка. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	tuberculum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "tubercle": tubercles. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "tubercle" (pronounced 'Tu"ber*cle'): Adminicle, Ancle, Appendicle, Arbuscle, Auricle, Bernacle, Bernicle, bicycle, Binnacle, Binocle, Bittacle, Calicle, Canticle, Carbuncle, Cardiacle, Caulicle, Charbocle, Cicatricle, Clavicle, Conceptacle, Conventicle, Coracle, Cornicle, Covercle, Cubicle, Curricle, Cuticle, follicle, funicle, furuncle, granduncle, hemicycle, Hibernacle, icicle, Mascle, monocle, Monticle, Muscle, Obstacle, Opercle, Orbicle, Ossicle, Panicle, Particle, Pedicle, Peduncle, Pellicle, Pendicle, Pentacle, Perpendicle. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-l-r-t-u"
	-1 letter: lecture.
	-2 letters: belter, butler, cutler, reluct, tercel, treble.
	-3 letters: beret, betel, bluer, bluet, blurt, brute, buret, butle, celeb, creel, cruel, cruet, cuber, culet, curet, cuter, elect, elute, erect, eruct, lucre, rebec, rebel, rebut, recut, relet, ruble, terce, truce, tuber, ulcer.
	-4 letters: beer, beet, belt, blet, blue, blur, bree, brut, burl, bute, celt, cere, cete.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-l-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: tubercles.
	+2 letters: elucubrate, trabeculae, turbulence.
	+3 letters: breechclout, elucubrated, elucubrates, putrescible, relubricate, trabeculate, tuberculate, turbulences, untraceable.
	+4 letters: breechclouts, destructible, prosecutable, relubricated, relubricates, tuberculated, tuberculoses, turbulencies, uncelebrated.
	+5 letters: baccalaureate, subliteracies, turboelectric, uncorrectable, unpredictable, unrespectable.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
tubercle	14
tibial transfer tubercle	7
tibial tubercle	4
osteotomy tibial tubercle	4
pubic tubercle	3
swollen tubercle	3
gerdys tubercle	3
tibia transfer tubercle	2
darwin tubercle	2
lister tubercle	2
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Tubercle

Definition: Tubercle

Tubercle

Noun

Specialty Definition: Tubercle

Synonyms: Tubercle

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