Noun
- 1. tubercle, lesion
- usage: a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
- 2. nodule, tubercle, plant process, enation
- usage: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
- 3. tuberosity, tubercle, eminence, process, outgrowth, appendage
- usage: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
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