Definitions for tubercles

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tubercles tu·ber·cle

Spelling: [too-ber-kuh l, tyoo-]

IPA: /ˈtu bər kəl, ˈtyu-/

Tubercles is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 458 anagrams from letters in tubercles (bceelrstu).

Definitions for tubercles

noun

1. a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
2. Pathology. a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling. such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
3. Botany. a tuberlike swelling or nodule.
4. a small rounded projection or excrescence, as on a bone or on the surface of the body.
5. Pathology. a small, firm, rounded nodule or swelling. such a swelling as the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
6. Botany. a tuberlike swelling or nodule.

Origin of tubercles

From the Latin word tūberculum, dating back to 1570-80. See tuber¹, -cle¹

Examples for tubercles

Morton taught that the tubercle was the pathological evidence of the disease.

When a spot, tubercle, punctum, &c. is scarcely discoverable.

Then, in 1881, came the welcome news that Koch had discovered the bacillus of tubercle.

tubercle: a small, wart-like growth on the roots of legumes.

Amputation was performed, and the tibia sawn off close to the tubercle.

When a variole, tubercle, granule, &c. has a depression in its centre.

Where the disease appears in the udder the milk almost invariably contains the tubercle organism.

The portion of the rib between the head and the tubercle is known as the neck.

He founded the facts of tubercle, and on that foundation Villemin built.

If milk is momentarily heated to 176° F., it is certainly sufficient to destroy the tubercle bacillus.

He founded the facts of tubercle, and on that foundation Villemin built.

Where the disease appears in the udder the milk almost invariably contains the tubercle organism.

The portion of the rib between the head and the tubercle is known as the neck.

Then, in 1881, came the welcome news that Koch had discovered the bacillus of tubercle.

When a spot, tubercle, punctum, &c. is scarcely discoverable.

Amputation was performed, and the tibia sawn off close to the tubercle.

Morton taught that the tubercle was the pathological evidence of the disease.

When a variole, tubercle, granule, &c. has a depression in its centre.

tubercle: a small, wart-like growth on the roots of legumes.

If milk is momentarily heated to 176° F., it is certainly sufficient to destroy the tubercle bacillus.