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Noun: nodosity  now'dó-si-tee
  1. The quality or state of being knotty or having nodes; knottiness
    "The nodosity of the tree trunk made it difficult to cut"
     
  2. (medicine) a swelling or protuberance, especially in joints affected by arthritis
    "The doctor noted nodosities on the patient's finger joints"

Derived forms: nodosities