English-Thai Dictionary

tubercle

N ตุ่ม เล็กๆ  tum-lek-lek

 

tubercled

A เกี่ยวกับ เชื้อ วัณ โรค 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TUBERCLE

n.[L. tuberculum, from tuber, a bunch. ] 1. A pimple; a small push, swelling or tumor on animal bodies.
2. A little knob, like a pimple, on plants; a little knob or rough point on the leaves of some lichens, supposed to be the fructification.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TUBERCLE

Tu "ber *cle, n. Etym: [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F. tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See Tuber. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. (Med. )

 

Defn: 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. Tubercle bacillus (Med. ), a minute vegetable organism (Bacillus tuberculosis ) discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause of tubercles and tuberculosis.

 

TUBERCLED

TUBERCLED Tu "ber *cled, a.

 

Defn: Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as, a tubercled lung or stalk.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tubercle

tu ber cle |ˈt (y )o͞obərkəl ˈt (j )ubərkəl | ▶noun 1 Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany a small rounded projection or protuberance, esp. on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant. 2 Medicine a small nodular lesion in the lungs or other tissues, characteristic of tuberculosis. DERIVATIVES tu ber cu late |t (y )o͞oˈbərkyəˌlāt, -lit |adjective tubercle ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber (see tuber ).

 

tubercle bacillus

tu ber cle ba cil lus ▶noun a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tubercle

tubercle |ˈtjuːbək (ə )l | ▶noun 1 Anatomy, Zoology, & Botany a small rounded projection or protuberance, especially on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant. 2 Medicine a small nodular lesion in the lungs or other tissues, characteristic of tuberculosis. DERIVATIVES tuberculate |-ˈbəːkjʊlət |adjective tubercle ( sense 1 ) ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber (see tuber ).

 

tubercle bacillus

tu |ber ¦cle ba ¦cil |lus ▶noun a bacterium that causes tuberculosis.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tubercle

tu ber cle /t j úːbə r k (ə )l /名詞 C 1 小塊茎, 塊根 .2 〘解剖 〙瘤 .3 〘医 〙結核結節 .