英和和英

別の表記

• tubercule, tuberculum

語源

Derived from Latin tūberculum. Compare tuber.

発音

• enPR: t(y)o͞o′bər-kəl
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈt(j)uː.bə.kəl/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈt(j)u.bəɹ.kəl/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈt(j)ʉː.bə.kəl/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈt(j)ʉ.bəɹ.kəl/
• (India) IPA: /ˈʈ(j)uː.bɜː(ɾ).kel/, /ˈʈ(j)uː.bəɾ.kel/
• 韻: -uːbə(ɹ)kəl
• ハイフネーション: tu‧ber‧cle

名詞

tubercle (plural tubercles)

1. (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.

   the iliac tubercles

2. (botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.
3. (pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

同意語

• tuberosity, eminence, nodule

派生語

Further reading

• “tubercle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.