a. Nat. Hist. and Path. [f. L. type *tūberiform-is: see TUBER2 and -FORM.] Having the form of a tuber; also characterized, as a disease, by growths of this form.

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1822.  J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 61*. A free, carnose, tuberiform polypifer.

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1834.  Cooper, Good’s Study Med. (ed. 4), II. 555, note. Tuberiform melanosis.

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1854.  Jones & Siev., Pathol. Anat. (1874), 141. A globular tumour, with a smooth or somewhat tuberiform surface.

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1899.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VI. 106. Another variety [of malignant pleural growth] is the tuberiform.

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