deltoid tuberosity

1. 1.

   a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches

   Synonymsdeltoid eminence

   Broadertuberosity

   Part ofhumerus

Questions about deltoid tuberosity

What does deltoid tuberosity mean?

deltoid tuberosity means "a bump on the outside of the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches".

What is another word for deltoid tuberosity?

Close synonyms include deltoid eminence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deltoid tuberosity a common word?

deltoid tuberosity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.