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A rounded protuberance on a bone. The maxillary tuberosity is the most distal posterior extension of the maxillary alveolar bone; fracture of the tuberosity is a surgical risk during the extraction of maxillary third molars.
From: tuberosity in A Dictionary of Dentistry »
Subjects: Dentistry.
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