tuberculoid

[too-bur-kyuh-loid, tyoo-]

tu·ber·cu·loid

[too-bur-kyuh-loid, tyoo-]
adjective
1.
resembling a tubercle.
2.
resembling tuberculosis.

Origin:
1890–95; < Latin tūbercul(um) tubercle or tubercul(osis) + -oid
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Tuberculoid is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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tuberculoid tu·ber·cu·loid (t&oobreve;-bûr'kyə-loid', ty&oobreve;-)
adj.

  1. Resembling tuberculosis.

  2. Resembling a tubercle.

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