(anatomy) 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.

plural of tubercle

Having, or affected with, tubercles.

(mycology) A fleshy mass of tissue located at the junction of the a mushroom and its substrate.

plural of basal tubercle

(medicine, anatomy) A congenital ear condition which often presents as a thickening of the helix at the junction of the upper and middle thirds.

plural of Darwin's tubercle

plural of pubic tubercle

(anatomy) A prominent forward-projecting tubercle on the upper border of of the medial portion of the superior ramus of the pubis bone.

Resembling or characteristic of a tubercle.