Tubercle Synonyms & Definitions

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• TubercleDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (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.
2. (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.

• TubercledDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.