- tubercle - a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis
--1 is a kind of lesion
- nodule, tubercle - small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant
--2 is a kind of plant process, enation
- tuberosity, tubercle, eminence - a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
--3 is a kind of process, outgrowth, appendage
--3 has particulars: deltoid tuberosity, deltoid eminence - nodule, tubercle - small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant