tubérculo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈbɛʁ.ku.lu/ [tuˈbɛh.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈbɛʁ.ku.lu/ [tuˈbɛh.ku.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tuˈbɛɾ.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tuˈbɛʁ.ku.lu/ [tuˈbɛχ.ku.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuˈbɛɻ.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈbɛɾ.ku.lu/ [tuˈβɛɾ.ku.lu]

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)

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10