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TUBEROSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tuberosity mean? 

TUBEROSITY (noun)
  The noun TUBEROSITY has 1 sense:

1. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligamentplay

  Familiarity information: TUBEROSITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TUBEROSITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

eminence; tubercle; tuberosity

Hypernyms ("tuberosity" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tuberosity"):

deltoid eminence; deltoid tuberosity (a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches)

Derivation:

tuberous (of or relating to or resembling a tuber)


 Context examples 


A crescent-shaped wedge of cartilaginous material that serves as a cushion in the knee, between the tuberosities of the femur and the tibia.

(Meniscus, NCI Thesaurus)



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