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Definition of Tuberosities
1. tuberosity [n] - See also: tuberosity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tuberosities
Literary usage of Tuberosities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1900)
"In this section, then, will be considered fractures of , the head, of the anatomical
neck, through the tuberosities, of the tuberosities, ..."
2. The Medical Times and Gazette (1866)
"In all, however, the fracture was through the tuberosities. \ et I not unfrequently
see in our wards cases in which this diagnosis has been given. ..."
3. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body by John Bell, Charles Bell (1829)
"The tuberosities of the os humeri are two small bumps of unequal size, ...
The two tuberosities form betwixt them a groove, which is pretty deep -, and in ..."
4. Commentaries on the surgery of the war in Portugal, Spain, France, and the by George James Guthrie (1855)
"... difficulties of the secondary amputation ; amputation of the arm immediately
below the tuberosities of the humerus; excision of the head of the humerus; ..."
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