TUBEROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tuberous mean? 

• TUBEROUS (adjective)
  The adjective TUBEROUS has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or resembling a tuber

  Familiarity information: TUBEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUBEROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling a tuber

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a tuberous root

Pertainym:

tuber (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)

Derivation:

tuber (a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage)

tuberosity (a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include neurofibromatosis, tuberous sclerosis, von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and Sturge-Weber syndrome.

(Phakomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be an isolated lesion or a component of one of a number of inherited disorders, such as tuberous sclerosis.

(Connective Tissue Nevus, NCI Thesaurus)

There is an association between cardiac rhabdomyoma and tuberous sclerosis.

(Cardiac Rhabdomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A neoplasm with perivascular epithelioid cell differentiation often associated with tuberous sclerosis.

(Angiomyolipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

They are common in patients with tuberous sclerosis (a genetic disorder in which benign tumors grow in the kidneys, brain, eyes, heart, lungs, and skin, causing seizures, mental problems, and skin lesions).

(Angiomyolipoma, NCI Dictionary)