tubercle

tubercle is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

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

   Synonyms: eminence, tuberosity

4. noun. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

   Synonyms: nodule

5. noun. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

Synonyms

eminence, tuberosity, nodule

Common word forms

tubercled, tubercles

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