tubercule

[Latin tuberculum =a tubercle (q. v.).] Bot. ( pl.): The fleshy lobes constituting the roots of some plants, as terrestrial orchids, dahlias, . "These are not to be confounded either with tubers or bulbs, as they have been by some writers, but are rather to be considered a special form of the root to which the name of tubercules would not be inapplicable."-Lindley Introd. to Botany, bk. i., ch. ii. Eng. suff -ization.] tu-ber-cu-li-zā-tion, s . [Lat. tubercul (um); Pathol.: The act of morbidly affecting with tubercles; the act of rendering tubercular. "In tuberculization of the bronchial glands."-Tanner Pract. of Med . (ed. vii.), p. 75. tu-ber-cu-lōse, tu-ber-cu-lous, a. [French tuberculeux , from tubercle = a tubercle (q. v.).] Tubercular, affected with tubercles; suffering from tuberculosis. "The question of the risk incurred by the consumption of the meat and milk of tuberculous animals is by no means satisfactorily determined."- Field , Dec. 19, 1885. tu-ber-cu-lō-sis, s. [Mod. Lat., from Lat. tuberculum (q. v.).] Pathol.: Tubercular disease; a disease in which tubercles are formed in the diseased ti ue. Tuberculosis may occur in any ti ue of the body; the chief seats of the disease are the lungs, liver, kidneys, intestines and brain. It is attributed to the presence of a bacillus ( Bacillus tuberculosis ) in the parts affected. Tuberculosis is found also in the Jower animals. The human system is made more susceptible of the disease by anything that lowers its vitality, -as foul air, mental depre ion, and the weakening effects of some other disease. Miliary tuberculosis: Tuberculosis characterized by the presence of very numerous miliary-tubercles.