"tubercle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈt(j)ʉː.bə.kəl/ [Australia, New-Zealand], /ˈt(j)ʉ.bəɹ.kəl/ [Scotland], /ˈʈ(j)uː.bɜː(ɾ).kel/ [India], /ˈʈ(j)uː.bəɾ.kel/ [India] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tubercle.wav [US] Forms: tubercles [plural], tubercule [alternative], tuberculum [alternative]
enPR: t(y)o͞o′bər-kəl Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ)kəl Etymology: Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:der|la:tūberculum}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tūber", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "-culum", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kelos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tūberculum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tubercle", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tubercle">, {{yesno||d|D}} D, {{glossary|derived terms|Derived}} Derived, {{der|en|la|tūberculum|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin tūberculum, {{der+|en|la|tūberculum}} Derived from Latin tūberculum Head templates: {{en-noun}} tubercle (plural tubercles)
  1. (anatomy) 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. Translations (round nodule on a bone): tubercle [masculine] (Catalan), hrbolek [masculine] (Czech), tuberkel [masculine] (Dutch), nysty (Finnish), tuberkkeli (Finnish), nystermä (english: on tooth) (Finnish), Tuberkel [masculine] (German), tūberculum [neuter] (Latin), guzek [masculine] (Polish), tubérculo [masculine] (Portuguese), tubérculo [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti. Translations (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants): պալարիկ (palarik) (Armenian), tubercle [masculine] (Catalan), 結節 /结节 (git³ zit³) (Chinese Cantonese), 結節 /结节 (jíejíe) (Chinese Mandarin), nystyrä (Finnish), juurinystyrä (Finnish), tubercule [masculine] (French), tuberkulo (Ido), tūberculum [neuter] (Latin), 結節 /结节 (kiat-chiat) (Min Nan Chinese), guzek [masculine] (Polish), tubérculo [masculine] (Portuguese), tubérculo [masculine] (Spanish), litbusngi (Tagalog)
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  3. (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. Translations (characteristic lesion of tuberculosis): պալար (palar) (Armenian), tuberkel [masculine] (Dutch), tuberkkeli (Finnish), Tuberkel [masculine] (German), tūberculum [neuter] (Latin), guzek [masculine] (Polish), tubérculo [masculine] (Portuguese), tubérculo [masculine] (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tuberosity, eminence, nodule

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubérculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubérculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants",
      "word": "litbusngi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "palar",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "word": "պալար"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tuberkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "word": "tuberkkeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tuberkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tūberculum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guzek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubérculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "characteristic lesion of tuberculosis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tubérculo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tubercle"
}

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