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GIBBOSITY

\ɡɪbˈɒsɪti], \ɡɪbˈɒsɪti], \ɡ_ɪ_b_ˈɒ_s_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of GIBBOSITY

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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1. A hump or gibbus. 2. The state of being humped or hump-backed.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A hump or projection.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Protuberance; convexity.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

A round or swelling prominence; in bot., a swelling at the base of an organ.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The condition of being humped.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. State of being gibbous; protuberance; convexity.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Convexity, prominence, protuberance.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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