- A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy
matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust.
of Tuberous. - A genus of fungi. See Truffle. - A tuberosity; a tubercle.
Tubercle Tubercle is a nodule, the specific lesion of tuberculosis.
Tuberculin Tuberculin is an extract of the tuberculosis bacillus capable of eliciting an inflammatory reaction in an animal that has been sensitized by the
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