Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being tuberous.
- noun A projection or protuberance, especially one at the end of a bone for the attachment of a muscle or tendon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being tuberous.
- noun A swelling or prominence; especially, in anatomy and zoology, a large rough projection or protuberance of bone; a bony tuber, generally serving for the attachment of a muscle: as, the tuberosity of the ischium, or tuber ischii; the greater and lesser tuberosities of the humerus. Small tuberosities of bone are generally called
tubercles . See cuts under crus, femur, humerus, and innominatum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being tuberous.
- noun An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of being
tuberous - noun countable, medicine A rounded
protuberance , at the end of abone , to which amuscle ortendon is attached
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
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Examples
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In front of the upper end of the bone, between the condyles, is an oval eminence, the tuberosity, which is continuous below with the anterior crest of the bone.
XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings. 13. Surface Anatomy of the Lower Extremity 1918
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Short head: coracoid process of scapula with coracobrachialis INSERTION posterior border of bicipital tuberosity of radius over bursa and bicipital aponeurosis to deep fascia and subcutaneous ulna
Archive 2009-01-01 Steve Perry 2009
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Don't forget: two-three inches above your wrist bone, you have a "bracelet"; and somewhere on your humerus between the greater tuberosity and the deltoid tuberosity, much closer to the former is your "cap."
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Drill-mangabeys, drills and mandrills are also united by particularly large, rounded posterior premolars, a robust ilium, a reduced gluteal tuberosity on the femur, sharp borders to the margins of the patellar groove, and other characters.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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In consequence of this circumstance, the parts of the occipital bone which lie above and below the tuberosity make a much more acute angle with one another than is usual, whereby the hinder part of the base of the skull appears obliquely truncated.
Essays 2007
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Abduction of the limb therefore brought the greater tuberosity into contact with the acromion process, and movement was checked.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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On examination of the joint, a groove forming three-fourths of a tunnel was found in the external tuberosity of the tibia, leading into the knee-joint beneath the external semilunar cartilage.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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_Entry_, 1 inch above the upper end of the internal margin of the patella; _exit_, at the margin of leg, just below the outer tuberosity of the tibia.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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An irregular entry wound was situated over the internal tuberosity of the tibia, while a large fluctuating hæmatoma existed in the lower third of the thigh, at the upper part of which a hard elongated body was palpable.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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The slope from the greater tuberosity to the shaft naturally favours the production of the injury in this position.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre George Henry Makins
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