Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Carnosity

Car-nos′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
carnosité
.]
1.
(Med.)
A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.
Wiseman.
2.
Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
[Consciences] overgrown with so hard a
carnosity
.
Spelman.
The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their
carnosity
.
Holland.

Webster 1828 Edition


Carnosity

CARNOSITY

,
Noun.
A little fleshy excrescence in the urethra, the neck of the bladder, &c.

Definition 2024


carnosity

carnosity

English

Noun

carnosity (countable and uncountable, plural carnosities)

  1. (uncountable) fleshiness
  2. (countable) A fleshy excrescence or caruncle.

Related terms