tubercle

Words with a similar base: tubercle

'tubercle'

[tubercle.n.01] as in: a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

'tubercle'

[nodule.n.02] as in: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

'tubercle'

[tuberosity.n.01] as in: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament