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foot tubercleParapodium Par`a*po"di*um, n.; pl. Parapodia. [NL., fr. Gr.
? beside + ?, dim. of ? foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the lateral appendages of an annelid; -- called also
foot tubercle.
Note: They may serve for locomotion, respiration, and
sensation, and often contain spines or set[ae]. When
well developed, a dorsal part, or notopodium, and a
ventral part, or neuropodium, are distinguished. TubercleTubercle Tu"ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F.
tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See Tuber.]
1. 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.
2. (Med.) 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.
Tubercle bacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism
(Bacillus tuberculosis) discovered by Koch, a German
physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in
tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause
of tubercles and tuberculosis. Tubercle bacillusTubercle Tu"ber*cle, n. [L. tuberculum, dim. of tuber: cf. F.
tubercule, OF. also tubercle. See Tuber.]
1. 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.
2. (Med.) 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.
Tubercle bacillus (Med.), a minute vegetable organism
(Bacillus tuberculosis) discovered by Koch, a German
physician, in the sputum of consumptive patients and in
tuberculous tissue, and believed to be the exciting cause
of tubercles and tuberculosis. Tubercled
Tubercled Tu"ber*cled, a.
Having tubercles; affected with, tubercles; tuberculate; as,
a tubercled lung or stalk.
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