tubercle

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/    美 /ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/|/ˈt(j)ʉː.bə.kəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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
  2. A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
  3. A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

词形变化

tubercles plural tubercule alternative tuberculum alternative

词汇关系

近义词
tuberosity eminence nodule
衍生词
basal tubercle Darwin's tubercle genital tubercle intertubercle Javan tubercle snake microtubercle Montgomery's tubercle olive tubercle pubic tubercle trituberculy tubercled tuberclelike tuberculoid tuberculosis

词源

Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber.
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