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tubercle

noun

Definition of tubercle

as in cyst

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Recent Examples of tubercle Williams informed Daver and Guy, who independently confirmed the existence of this femoral tubercle. — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2026 Still, months later, a quote tweet will appear at intervals highlighting a necklace, tubercle, or ice cube tray lurking in the deep space of the photo. — Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025 This frog is easily recognized by the long tubercles on the sides of its body. — Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 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 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

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Noun

Ralph Macchio Ralph Macchio kept his chin up despite suffering a ruptured knee cyst in DWTS season 12.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2026
Hossain and her collaborators have conjured an internalized hellscape marked by sensual photography, gnarly cyst makeup, and suffocating matrimonial rituals involving turmeric and milk — all redolent with upper-class heteronormative rot.

— Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cyst

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Without the complication of his father’s political career and (one hopes) without political ambitions of his own, Hunter seems to be expressing something closer to his authentic self, warts and all.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
Some blame the faction of party leaders who rallied behind Platner in spite of his warts.

— Julia Terruso, Time, 8 June 2026

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An avid runner and golfer fit and trim enough to pass for a man a decade younger, the silver-haired Claire was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in 2015 when what looked like a harmless spot on his lip turned out to be cancerous.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
After undergoing surgery to remove the testicle (an orchiectomy), Reeve discovered the mass was embryonal carcinoma.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of carcinoma

Noun

But at night that process stops, and a coral polyp’s only source of oxygen is the water around it.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Adults with a history of precancerous colon polyps (adenomas) had gut bacteria that remained different from people who’d never had polyps, and some patterns resembled those seen in colorectal cancer.

— Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 27 May 2026

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