"tubercle" in the noun sense
1. tubercle
a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
2. nodule, tubercle
small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
3. tuberosity, tubercle, eminence
a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
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