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Meanings of tubercle in English

Portuguese
eminência
Catalan
tuberositat

A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.

        eminência
        Catalan
        tubèrcul

        Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant.

              tubèrcul
              Russian
              апофиз
              Portuguese
              tubérculo
              Spanish
              tubérculo

              Rounded outgrowth found on external or internal organs of plants or animals.

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                      апофиз
                      Usage of tubercle in English
                      1
                      The favorite breeding-place of the tubercle bacillus is unfortunately in the home.
                      Preventable Diseases
                      2
                      Morphine, however, only causes significant increases in functional activity in the olfactory tubercle.
                      Pubmed
                      3
                      The data imply that multiplying and nonreplicating tubercle bacilli have different antigen compositions.
                      Pubmed
                      4
                      In those cases, the ILN was very closed to the tubercle.
                      Pubmed
                      5
                      They belonged to the tubercle kind which are peculiar to the Indian seas.
                      Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
                      6
                      CT scan measurements are needed to assess the tibial tubercle trochlear groove distance.
                      Pubmed
                      7
                      The animals used by Koch are animals very subject to tubercle.
                      Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891
                      8
                      A vesicle, bleb, and pustule are hollow; macule, papule, and tubercle are solid.
                      Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
                      9
                      Thus, resistance of Ambar appears to manifest during tubercle development.
                      Pubmed
                      10
                      After the discovery of the tubercle bacillus, the fame of Robert Koch became world-wide.
                      Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century / Great Deeds of Men an...
                      11
                      Sometimes the capsule of the tubercle is filled with pus.
                      Common Diseases of Farm Animals
                      12
                      The body above is furnished with sparse, stiff hairs, each arising from a tubercle.
                      Thirty Years a Slave / From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution ...
                      13
                      One patient suffered a per-operative fracture of the tibial tubercle which later required further fixation.
                      Pubmed
                      14
                      Its body is somewhat tuberculated, the tubercle aiding the grub in moving about its cell.
                      Our Common Insects / A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fie...
                      15
                      Computer tomography is used for a precise pre-operative assessment of the tibial tubercle-trochlear groove distance.
                      Pubmed
                      16
                      Neither joint instability nor displacement and malunion of great tubercle were found in other patients.
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                      Spanish
                      tubérculo
                      Tubercle through the time