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Meanings of greater tuberosity in English
Spanish
tuberculo mayor Bony projection on the proximal end of the humerus.
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Usage of greater tuberosity in English
1
The slope from the greater tuberosity to the shaft naturally favours the production of the injury in this position.
2
Abduction of the limb therefore brought the greater tuberosity into contact with the acromion process, and movement was checked.
3
Healing failure at the tendon-bone interface on the greater tuberosity and re-tear combined with full-thickness tear of subscapularis tendon were related to early revision.