单词 | tubercle |
释义 | tubercle n.   1. a small rounded protuberance esp. on a bone.   2. a small rounded swelling on the body or in an organ, esp. a nodular lesion characteristic of tuberculosis in the lungs etc.   3. a small tuber; a wartlike growth. Phrases and idioms tubercle bacillus a bacterium causing tuberculosis. Derivatives tuberculate adj. tuberculous adj. Etymology: L tuberculum, dimin. of tuber: see TUBER |
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