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Dilation vs Tuberosity - What's the difference?

dilation | tuberosity | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between dilation and tuberosity

is that dilation is the act of dilating while tuberosity is the condition of being tuberous.

dilation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of dilating.
  • State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
  • (obsolete) Delay.
    • (Bishop Hall)

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    tuberosity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being tuberous
  • (countable, medicine) A rounded protuberance, at the end of a bone, to which a muscle or tendon is attached

    • Derived terms

    *deltoid tuberosity *facial tuberosity *ischial tuberosity *olecranon tuberosity *radial tuberosity *tibial tuberosity