tuberosity – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
tuberosity
n.
swelling or prominence; protuberance of bone
Tubercle (anatomy)
In anatomy, the term
tubercle may describe a round
nodule, small , or
warty outgrowth found on
bones or skin, or, in cases of
tuberculosis, in the lungs.
tuberosity
Noun
1. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament
(synonym) tubercle, eminence
(hypernym) process, outgrowth, appendage
(hyponym) deltoid tuberosity, deltoid eminence
Tuberosity
(n.)
The state of being tuberous.
(n.)
An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
tuberosity
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
