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Webster 1913 Edition
Tuberosity
Tuˊber-os′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Tuberosities
(#)
. [Cf. F.
tubérosité
.] 1.
The state of being tuberous.
2.
An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
Definition 2024
tuberosity
tuberosity
English
Noun
tuberosity (countable and uncountable, plural tuberosities)
- (uncountable) The condition of being tuberous
- (countable, medicine) A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached
Derived terms
- deltoid tuberosity
- facial tuberosity
- ischial tuberosity
- olecranon tuberosity
- radial tuberosity
- tibial tuberosity