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nouna protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
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nounsmall rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
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nouna swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosistype of:
Definition that contains tubercle
- tuberculosis infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
- tb infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
- koch German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910)
- tubercular characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or tubercles
- tubercular pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or tubercle
- tubercular constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or the tubercle bacillus
- genus gymnocalycium large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles
- genus xenosaurus type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles
- mantoux test tuberculin (a derivative of tubercle bacillus) is injected intradermally; a red area appearing 1-3 days later signifies an exposure (past or present) to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing
- tine test a tuberculin test in which a disk with several tines bearing tuberculin antigen is used to puncture the skin; development of a hard red area indicates past or present exposure to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing