• A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, thedeposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of ahard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, whichgradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It ismost frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption. Tuberclebacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism (Bacillus tuberculosis)discovered by Koch, a German physician, in the sputum of consumptivepatients and in tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the excitingcause of tubercles and tuberculosis.


    Tubercle meaning & definition 1 of Tubercle.


  • the techinal name for epiglottis based burp

    plural: tubercles
    verb: tubercling

    Tubercle meaning & definition 2 of Tubercle.

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