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tuberosity
[ too-buh-ros-i-tee, tyoo- ]
noun
- a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.
tuberosity
/ ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪtɪ /
noun
- any protuberance on a bone, esp for the attachment of a muscle or ligament
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tuberosity1
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Example Sentences
The dorsal (oblique) ligament is attached above to the distal tuberosity on the inner side of the tibia.
In fractures of the angle of the ilium and the ischial tuberosity, perceptible evidence always exists.
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 great tuberosity is always large and often overhangs the bicipital groove, it is especially large in Titanotherium (Brontops).
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