Tuberosity

//ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪti//

Synonyms for "tuberosity" (32 found)

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Closest matches (7)

bas relief bas-relief bellying boldness bulging camber convexedness

Strong matches (9)

convexity convexness embossment eminence excrescence excrescency excurvation excurvature

Noun(1 words)

Related words (16)

extrusion gibbosity gibbousness high relief low relief projection prominence protrusion protuberance protuberancy relief salience salient tuberousness

Noun(2 words)

tubercle tuberositas

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

appendage outgrowth process

derived

7 entries

deltoid tuberosity facial tuberosity ischial tuberosity olecranon tuberosity radial tuberosity tibial tuberosity tuberoplasty

derived from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

bone part process

related to

5 entries

bone muscle protuberance tendon tuberous

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.

Source: wiktionary

The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]

Source: wiktionary

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