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tuberosity

/too-buh-ros-i-tee, tyoo-/US // ˌtu bəˈrɒs ɪ ti, ˈtyu- //UK // (ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪtɪ) //

小瘤,结节,小结节,小结点

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tu·ber·os·i·ties.

    • : a rough projection or protuberance of a bone, as for the attachment of a muscle.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbulge

Examples

  • The dorsal (oblique) ligament is attached above to the distal tuberosity on the inner side of the tibia.

  • In fractures of the angle of the ilium and the ischial tuberosity, perceptible evidence always exists.

  • Trochiter, trok′i-tėr, n. the greater tuberosity of the humerus, admitting several of the muscles of the shoulders.

  • At its posterior end externally it bears a rather prominent roughened ischial tuberosity (fig. 78, A, 10).

  • The great tuberosity is always large and often overhangs the bicipital groove, it is especially large in Titanotherium (Brontops).