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tu•ber•cu•loid
(tŏŏ bûr′kyə loid′, tyŏŏ-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Botany, Pathologyresembling a tubercle.
- Pathologyresembling tuberculosis.
- Latin tūbercul(um) tubercle or tubercul(osis) + -oid
- 1890–95