Meanings
plural tuberosities
- uncountableThe condition of being tuberous
- countableanatomyA rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached.
The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.
2002, T. H. Worthy, The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand, page 1281 more example
The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]
2018, Guilherme Carvalhal Ribas, Applied Cranial-Cerebral Anatomy
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintuba
- Latintubus
- Middle Frenchtube
- Englishtube
- Englishtuber
- Englishtuberosity
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tuberosity
Cite this entry
tuberosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuberosity
“tuberosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuberosity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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