Tenerity

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    tenderness obsolete, uncountable

    "The flexure of the uterus and the tenerity of the posterior wall readily accounted for the early mistake as to the intra - uterine character"

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"The flexure of the uterus and the tenerity of the posterior wall readily accounted for the early mistake as to the intra - uterine character"

Etymology

From ten(d)er + -ity, from Latin teneritas. See tender.

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