"tuberosity" meaning in English

See tuberosity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Paul2520-tuberosity.wav [Midwestern-US] Forms: tuberosities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsɪti Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English -er English tuber English -osity English tuberosity From tuber + -osity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tuber|-osity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube English -er English tuber English -osity English tuberosity [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "trumpet", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tuba", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tubus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "tube", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tube", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-er", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tuber", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-osity", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tuberosity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tuberosity"> From tuber + -osity. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tuberosity (countable and uncountable, plural tuberosities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being tuberous Tags: uncountable
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  2. (countable, anatomy) A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached. Tags: countable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: deltoid tuberosity, facial tuberosity, ischial tuberosity, olecranon tuberosity, radial tuberosity, tibial tuberosity, tuberoplasty

Inflected forms

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