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tuberosity

noun

1 tuberosity

A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament.

synonyms: eminence, tubercle.

Roget 250: convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion; camber, cahot [U.S.].    thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].    swell.    intumescence; ... show more

Dutch: knolletje
Polish: guz


Moby thesaurus: bas-relief, bellying, boldness, bulging, camber, convexedness, convexity, convexness, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, excurvation, excurvature, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, high relief, low relief, projection ... show more.

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