[f. L. tūbercul-um TUBERCLE + -ATION.]

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  1.  Nat. Hist. Formation of tubercles; concr. a growth or set of tubercles.

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1835–6.  Todd’s Cycl. Anat., I. 778/1. Branchiac … covered with a multitude of small tuberculations.

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1880.  Huxley, Crayfish, vi. 294. The tuberculation of the carapace and limbs.

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  2.  Path. Formation of tubercles as a symptom of disease; tubercular or tuberculous affection.

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1861.  T. J. Graham, Pract. Med., 300. A confirmatory sign of tuberculation of the lungs.

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1899.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 795. The erythematous lupus may be distinguished from lupus vulgaris … by the absence of tuberculation.

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