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tuberosity


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tuberosity  \Tu`ber*os"i*ty\,  n.;  pl  {Tuberosities}.  [Cf.  F. 
  tub['e]rosit['e].] 
  1.  The  state  of  being  tuberous. 
 
  2.  An  obtuse  or  knoblike  prominence;  a  protuberance. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tuberosity 
  n  :  a  protuberance  on  a  bone  especially  for  attachment  of  a 
  muscle  or  ligament  [syn:  {tubercle}] 




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