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TUBEROSITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

Synonyms:

eminence; tubercle; tuberosity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("tuberosity" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tuberosity"):

deltoid eminence; deltoid tuberosity (a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches)

Derivation:

tuberous (of or relating to or resembling a tuber)

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