Meaning & use
tubercle
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A small rounded nodule or swelling, especially one occurring on a bone, plant, or in tissue affected by tuberculosis.
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The X-ray revealed a small tubercle on the surface of the bone.
Tubercles on the cactus's surface marked where the spines would grow.
A note on using this word
The disease tuberculosis takes its name from the small tubercles (nodules) it forms in infected tissue.
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