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When the nodosity begins to decay and becomes of a cancerous nature, it is called a tuberosity.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

A short while ago a nodosity, hard as a stone, which had appeared on the extensor tendon of the right middle finger, about nine months ago, and which threatened to increase more and more, disappeared.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock

Technically, the first swelling on the young tender rootlets of the vine is called a nodosity.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.