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单词 tuberosity
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tuberosityn.

/tjuːbəˈrɒsɪti/
Etymology: < French tuberosité (Paré, c1550), < late Latin tūberōsitās , < tūberōsus tuberose n. + -ity suffix.
1. The quality or condition of being tuberous; bulging; gibbosity. Now rare or Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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