Plural of carnosity; instances of fleshy growths or abnormal flesh-like tissue.
From 'carnosity' (the singular), which derives from Latin 'carnis' (flesh) plus '-osity' (forming nouns of state or condition).
In medieval medicine, 'carnosities' were mysterious fleshy growths that doctors didn't fully understand. Today we'd identify many of these as fibromas, cysts, or other specific tumors, but the term persists in older medical texts.
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