tubercle

English Thesaurus

1. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament (noun.body)

hypernym	:	appendage, outgrowth, process,
definition	:	a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant (noun.body)

hyponym	:	deltoid eminence, deltoid tuberosity,
definition	:	a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches (noun.body)

2. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	enation, plant process,
definition	:	a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ (noun.plant)

3. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis (noun.state)

hypernym	:	lesion,
definition	:	any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part (noun.state)

4. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament (noun.body)

derivation	:	tubercular,
definition	:	pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle (adj.pert)

derivation	:	tuberous,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling a tuber (adj.pert)

5. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant (noun.plant)

derivation	:	nodular, nodulated, noduled,
definition	:	having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules (adj.all)

derivation	:	nodular,
definition	:	relating to or characterized by or having nodules (adj.pert)

6. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis (noun.state)

derivation	:	tubercular, tuberculous,
definition	:	constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus (adj.all)

derivation	:	tubercular,
definition	:	characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles (adj.pert)

7. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament (noun.body)

derivation	:	tubercular,
definition	:	pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle (adj.pert)

derivation	:	tuberous,
definition	:	of or relating to or resembling a tuber (adj.pert)

8. small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant (noun.plant)

derivation	:	nodular, nodulated, noduled,
definition	:	having nodules or occurring in the form of nodules (adj.all)

derivation	:	nodular,
definition	:	relating to or characterized by or having nodules (adj.pert)

9. a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis (noun.state)

derivation	:	tubercular, tuberculous,
definition	:	constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus (adj.all)

derivation	:	tubercular,
definition	:	characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles (adj.pert)