单词 | tuberosity |
释义 | tuberosityn. 1. The quality or condition of being tuberous; bulging; gibbosity. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] bunching1398 struttingc1440 tuberosity?1541 swellnessa1582 bunchiness1594 extuberance1607 protuberance1653 protuberancy1654 tuberousness1681 swell1683 protruberance1746 bossiness1870 bulginess1883 pregnancy1950 ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qivv Hardnes and tuberosyte of the ioyntes outwarde. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 63 A Bow, which being bent hath a moderate bowing, voide of excesse of tuberositie. 2. concrete. A tuberous formation or part; a swelling, protuberance, prominence. a. Anatomy and Zoology: esp. a large irregular projection of a bone, usually serving for attachment of a muscle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > rounded projection boss1386 ball1530 tubercle1556 tubercule1596 tuberculum1597 tuberosity1611 caruncle1615 papilla1671 bulb1716 tuber1741 mammula1815 mamilla1818 tuberculation1820 verruca1822 monticule1874 miliary1880 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Condyle, the tuberiositie, out-swelling, roundnesse, or knots, of the thigh, knee, ankle, elbow, or knuckle-bones. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 134 The internal posterior Part of the Tuberosity and Alveoli of the Teeth. 1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. i. 27 The brownish tuberosities of its body. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 13 The great triangular tuberosity of the humerus. b. generally. A swelling, a swollen mass. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > swelling or swollenness > a swollen thing or part swellingOE boil1481 tumour?1541 tympany1580 tuberosity1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tuberositez, tuberosities, swellings;..knobs; knots. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v. 12/2 Whether he flow gracefully out in folded mantles..; swell out in starched ruffs, buckram stuffings and monstrous tuberosities; or [etc.]. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. vi. 87/1 I sojourned in that monstrous Tuberosity of Civilised Life, the Capital of England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.?1541 |
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