Tubercle vs. Trochanter

Tuberclenoun

(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.

Tuberclenoun

(botany) A small rounded wartlike protuberance of the roots of some leguminous plants; the lip of certain orchids, cacti.

Tuberclenoun

(pathology) A small rounded nodule forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

Tuberclenoun

A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.

Tuberclenoun

A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.

Tuberclenoun

a swelling that is the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis

Tuberclenoun

small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant

Tuberclenoun

a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Tuberclenoun

a small rounded projection or protuberance, especially on a bone or on the surface of an animal or plant.

Tuberclenoun

a small nodular lesion in the lungs or other tissues, characteristic of tuberculosis.

Tubercle

In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.

Trochanternoun

(anatomy) In vertebrates with legs, the end of the femur near the hip joint, not including the head or neck.

Trochanternoun

In some arthropods, the second segment of the leg, between the coxa and the femur.

Trochanternoun

One of two processes near the head of the femur, the outer being called the great trochanter, and the inner the small trochanter.

Trochanternoun

The third joint of the leg of an insect, or the second when the trochantine is united with the coxa.

Trochanternoun

one of the bony prominences developed near the upper extremity of the femur to which muscles are attached

Trochanternoun

any of a number of bony protuberances by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh bone.

Trochanternoun

the small second segment of the leg of an insect, between the coxa and the femur.

Trochanter

A trochanter is a tubercle of the femur near its joint with the hip bone. In humans and most mammals, the trochanters serve as important muscle attachment sites.