Synonyms for tubercle

Synonyms for (noun) tubercle

Synonyms: eminence, tubercle, tuberosity

Definition: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Similar words: process, appendage, outgrowth

Definition: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Usage: a bony process


Synonyms: nodule, tubercle

Definition: small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

Similar words: plant process, enation

Definition: a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ


Synonyms: tubercle

Definition: a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

Similar words: lesion

Definition: any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part


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