tubercle
suomi-englanti sanakirjatubercle englannista suomeksi
juurinystyrä
nystyrä
kyhmy, tuberkkeli
Substantiivi
tubercle englanniksi
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.
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(quote-book)|title=(w)|publisher=Macmillan and Co.|year_published=|volume=II|location=London|page=41|passage=The four long white plumes which give the bird its altogether unique character, spring from little tubercles close to the upper edge of the shoulder or bend of the wing; they are narrow, gently curved, and equally webbed on both sides, of a pure creamy white colour.
A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
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