Tuberosity vs. Tubercle

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  • Tuberosity

    In anatomy, a tubercle is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.

  • Tubercle

    In anatomy, a tubercle is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.

Wikipedia
  • Tuberosity (noun)

    The condition of being tuberous

  • Tuberosity (noun)

    A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached

  • Tubercle (noun)

    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.

  • Tubercle (noun)

    A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some cacti.

  • Tubercle (noun)

    A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

Wiktionary
  • Tubercle (noun)

    a small rounded projection or protuberance, especially on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant.

  • Tubercle (noun)

    a small nodular lesion in the lungs or other tissues, characteristic of tuberculosis.

Oxford Dictionary

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