tubercle

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Recent Examples of tubercle Inspired by the tubercles on the humpback whale's flippers, BlueNav's Whale Design propeller uses a series of bumps along the edge meant to channel water in such a way that increases thrust and improves efficiency. New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025 However, popping Montgomery tubercles may cause infections. Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023 Well, Montgomery tubercles can appear a lot like those bumps. Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 26 May 2023 This suggests the glowing tubercle patterns are some sort of signal. Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2018 In ducks, Bmp4 was only active at the base of the tubercle. Carrie Arnold, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2013 Vaginal orgasm is more prevalent among women with a prominent tubercle of the upper lip. Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2011 The clunk of the mug hitting the desk produced a spike in the mice's olfactory tubercle activity. Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2010 Voight and colleagues then studied the animals' physical structures, including their arm suckers, warts, and tubercles, or little bumps inside the warts that give them texture. Liz Langley, National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tubercle
Noun
  • McCall underwent a six-hour operation back in November to remove the 14mm benign cyst from her brain.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 Mar. 2025
  • My gynecologist diagnoses and removes an ovarian cyst.
    Health, Health, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But now, any enterprising gamer can witness the trilogy in full, warts and all.
    Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Child: Cupids in Renaissance art and one’s own—warts and wonder and all.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • He was diagnosed in early 2023 at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Park with an aggressive form of bladder cancer known as muscle-invasive high-grade urothelial carcinoma after noticing blood in his urine.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
  • In her blog, Greenwood explained that on September 12, 2024, she was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma — a type of breast cancer that originates in the milk ducts and spreads to the surrounding tissue — after a mass was discovered on her right breast.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sugimoto was also able to successfully raise the species from the polyp stage, an early phase of development, marking the first time that stage had been identified for the entire Orchistoma genus, according to the NOAA.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Chronic rhinosinusitis without nasal polyps (CRSsNP) is long-term inflammation of the sinuses and nasal passages.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Mar. 2025

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“Tubercle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tubercle. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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