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tuberosity|tjuːbəˈrɒsɪtɪ|
[a. F. tuberosité (Paré, c 1550), f. late L. tūberōsitās, f. tūberōs-us tuberose + -ity.]
1. The quality or condition of being tuberous; bulging; gibbosity. Now rare or Obs.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg. Q iv b, Hardnes and tuberosyte of the ioyntes outwarde. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry ii. vi. 63 A bow, which being bent hath a moderate bowing voide of excess of tuberositie.
2. concr. A tuberous formation or part; a swelling, protuberance, prominence.
a. Anat. and Zool.: esp. a large irregular projection of a bone, usually serving for attachment of a muscle.
1611Cotgr., Condyle, the tuberiositie, out-swelling, roundnesse, or knots, of the thigh, knee, ankle, elbow, or knuckle-bones. 1741Monro Anat. (ed. 3) 134 The internal posterior Part of the Tuberosity and Alveoli of the Teeth. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. i. 27 The brownish tuberosities of its body. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 13 The great triangular tuberosity of the humerus.
b. generally. A swelling, a swollen mass.
1611Cotgr., Tuberositez, tuberosities, swellings;..knobs; knots. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. v, Whether he flow gracefully out in folded mantles;..swell-out in starched ruffs, buckram stuffings, and monstrous tuberosities; or [etc.]. Ibid. iii. vi, I sojourned in that monstrous tuberosity of Civilised Life, the Capital of England. |