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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament;
[syn: tuberosity, tubercle, eminence]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tuberosity \Tu`ber*os"i*ty\, n.; pl. Tuberosities. [Cf. F.
   tub['e]rosit['e].]
   1. The state of being tuberous.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tuberosity
    n 1: a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a
         muscle or ligament [syn: tuberosity, tubercle,
         eminence]