different between dilation vs tuberosity
dilation
English
Etymology
From dilate +? -ion, late 16th c.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /da??le???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)
- The act of dilating.
- State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
- Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
- (obsolete) Delay.
- Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
- The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request
- (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ?) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
Translations
Anagrams
- dial into, dilatino, laid into
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?l?ti?.
Noun
dilation f (oblique plural dilations, nominative singular dilation, nominative plural dilations)
- dissemination; spreading (of rumors, stories, etc.)
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tuberosity
English
Etymology
tuber +? -osity
Noun
tuberosity (countable and uncountable, plural tuberosities)
- (uncountable) The condition of being tuberous
- (countable, anatomy) 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
- tuberoplasty
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- what is tuberosity fracture
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