tubercle

== English == === Alternative forms === tubercule, tuberculum === Etymology === Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber. === Pronunciation === enPR: t(y)o͞o′bər-kəl (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈt(j)ʉː.bə.kəl/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈt(j)ʉ.bəɹ.kəl/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈʈ(j)uː.bɜː(ɾ).kel/, /ˈʈ(j)uː.bəɾ.kel/ Rhymes: -uːbə(ɹ)kəl Hyphenation: tu‧ber‧cle === Noun === tubercle (plural tubercles) (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. the iliac tubercles (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti. (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis. ==== Synonyms ==== tuberosity, eminence, nodule ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “tubercle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Catalan == === Alternative forms === tubèrcul === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tūberculum. First attested in 1932. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [tuˈβe̞r.klə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [tuˈbɛr.klə] IPA(key): (Central) [tuˈβɛr.klə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [tuˈbɛɾ.kle] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [tuˈβɛr.kle] Rhymes: (Central, Balearic) -ɛrklə, (Valencia) -ɛɾkle Hyphenation: tu‧ber‧cle === Noun === tubercle m (plural tubercles) (anatomy) tubercle (round nodule on a bone) (botany) tubercle (wartlike protuberance on the roots of some plants) === Further reading === “tubercle”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “tubercle”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “tubercle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tubercle”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)