tubercle
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
Types & categories
- lesion hypernym
Related & opposite
- tuberculous derivation
- tubercular derivation
Sense 2 noun
small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
Types & categories
- plant process hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
Types & categories
- appendage hypernym
- deltoid tuberosity hyponym
Related & opposite
- tubercular derivation
- tuberous derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tuberculous |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tubercular |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lesion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nodulated |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nodular |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant process |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tubercular |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tuberous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | appendage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | deltoid tuberosity |