tubérculo

Portuguese

Noun

tubérculo m (plural tubérculos)

1. (botany) tuber (fleshy underground stem)
2. (botany) tubercle (small rounded protuberance on certain plants)
3. (anatomy) tubercle (small rounded protuberance on a bone)
4. (pathology) tubercle (small nodule produced by tuberculosis)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber,

Noun

tubérculo m (plural tubérculos)

1. (anatomy, botany, pathology, mycology) tubercle

Derived terms

• tuberculoso

Related terms

• tuberculosis

Further reading

• “tubérculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014