🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

结节

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiéjié

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
tubercle/ˈtjuːbərkəl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"医生在骨头上发现了一个小结节。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A small rounded projection or protuberance on a bone or other part of the body.

    "The muscle attaches directly to the greater tubercle of the humerus."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin tuberculum, diminutive of tuber 'swelling, lump'.

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