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.
A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some cacti.
A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.
A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.
A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.
The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.
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.
A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some cacti.
A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.
In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.
A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.
A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.
The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.