tuberosity
noun
a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
tuberosities
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pluralof tuberosity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The ischial tuberosities of females are also farther apart, which increases the size of the pelvic outlet.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
In a column on the benefits of exercise, he scolded sloths: "Don't just sit on your ischial tuberosities, watching hired professionals play " Down to the Tegument.
From Time Magazine Archive
The superior extremity is thick, and expands in forming three tuberosities: two lateral and an anterior.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
The tuberosities of the humerus form the convexity of the shoulder.
From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell
When the great tuberosity is torn off, considerable antero-posterior broadening of the shoulder may be recognised by grasping the region of the tuberosities between the fingers and thumb.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
