3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Tuberosity \Tu`ber*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Tuberosities}. [Cf. F. tub['e]rosit['e].] 1. The state of being tuberous. [1913 Webster] 2. An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: tuberosity n : a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament [syn: {tubercle}, {eminence}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 28 Moby Thesaurus words for "tuberosity": bas-relief, bellying, boldness, bulging, camber, convexedness, convexity, convexness, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, excurvation, excurvature, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, high relief, low relief, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, protuberancy, relief, salience, salient, tuberousness
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