tu.ber.cle

tubercle的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈtu:bəkəl, ˈtju:-]
KK音标发音： [ˈtubɚkəl, ˈtju-]

tubercle的词性：
n.（名词）

1. Pathology A nodule or swelling, especially a mass of lymphocytes and epithelioid cells forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.
【病理学】 结核节：结节或肿瘤，尤指形成典型肿结核损害的堆淋巴球和上皮细胞

2. A small, rounded prominence or process, such as a wartlike excrescence on the roots of some leguminous plants or a knoblike process in the skin or on a bone.
根瘤：一种球状的小突出物或隆起物，如某些豆科植物根上的肉赘状瘤或皮肤或骨头上的圆丘状的隆起物

tubercle的词源：

3. Latin t^?berculum [diminutive of] t^?ber [lump] * see tuber
拉丁语 t^?berculum [] t^?ber的小后缀 [块；堆] *参见 tuber