tuberosity

[ too-buh-ros-i-tee, tyoo- ]
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noun,plural tu·ber·os·i·ties.
  1. a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.

Origin of tuberosity

1
From the Medieval Latin word tūberōsitās, dating back to 1535–45. See tuberose2, -ity

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How to use tuberosity in a sentence

  • The dorsal (oblique) ligament is attached above to the distal tuberosity on the inner side of the tibia.

    Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
  • In fractures of the angle of the ilium and the ischial tuberosity, perceptible evidence always exists.

    Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
  • Trochiter, trok′i-tėr, n. the greater tuberosity of the humerus, admitting several of the muscles of the shoulders.

  • At its posterior end externally it bears a rather prominent roughened ischial tuberosity (fig. 78, A, 10).

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds
  • The great tuberosity is always large and often overhangs the bicipital groove, it is especially large in Titanotherium (Brontops).

    The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for tuberosity

tuberosity

/ (ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪtɪ) /


nounplural -ties
  1. any protuberance on a bone, esp for the attachment of a muscle or ligament

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