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tubercle

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Noun

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

small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

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Synonyms:
tuberosity eminence nodule

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montgomery's tubercle tubercle tubercle bacillus
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mantoux test tubercular miliary tuberculosis t.b. tuberculosis cycloserine acid-fast tine test koch robert koch more...

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