tuberosity

English

Etymology

From tuber +‎ -osity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪti/

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Noun

tuberosity (countable and uncountable, plural tuberosities)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being tuberous
2. (countable, anatomy) A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached.
   • 2002, T. H. Worthy, The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand, page 128:

     The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.

   • 2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy:

     The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]

Derived terms

• deltoid tuberosity
• facial tuberosity
• ischial tuberosity
• olecranon tuberosity
• radial tuberosity
• tibial tuberosity
• tuberoplasty