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Meaning of tuberosity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌtjuːbəˈrɒsɪti/

Definitions

  1. The condition of being tuberous
    uncountable
  2. A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached.
    countable

Examples

“The basitemporal platform is flat in posterior view because the mamillar tuberosities are very weakly developed.”
“The superior aspect of the supramarginal gyrus lies underneath the euryon, which corresponds to the most prominent point of the parietal tuberosity or bossa […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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