tuberculum

[ too-bur-kyuh-luhm, tyoo- ]

noun

, plural tu·ber·cu·la [t, oo, -, bur, -ky, uh, -l, uh, ty, oo, -].

1. a tubercle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tuberculum¹

1685–95; < New Latin, Latin

Example Sentences

The other, the tuberculum, springs from the transverse process.

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In the Mystacocetes the attachment, where it exists, is very loose, and the tuberculum alone is attached to its vertebra.

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In the Odontocetes the ribs have, some of them, the normal attachment by capitulum and tuberculum.

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The tuberculum and capitulum on each of the trunk ribs are separated only by a shallow concavity.

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