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Tubercle vs Homoeodont - What's the difference?

tubercle | homoeodont |

As a noun tubercle

is (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.

As an adjective homoeodont is

conical, without tubercles or crests.

tubercle

English

(wikipedia tubercle)

Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * tuberculum * tuberosity * eminence * nodule

    homoeodont

    English

    Alternative forms

    * homeodont * * homoiodont

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Conical, without tubercles or crests.

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