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protuberance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling |
| Type of | projection |
| Has types | caput, frontal eminence, mogul, nub, nubble, occipital protuberance, wart, snag, belly |
| Derivation | protuberant, protuberate |
the occipital protuberance was well developed.
Examples of protuberance
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The microtubule migrate through the newly opened gap and form a new cell protuberance.
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Second row, deformation caused by sliding in the direction of the protuberance slope.
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It's this tiny protuberance that the harvesters spend weeks each spring searching for.
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The root of the lower incisor was housed in a bony protuberance, the capsular process.
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Third row, deformation caused by sliding in the direction opposite to the protuberance slope.
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Napaeus barquini snail, forming a protuberance of lichen material.
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The axon is the long protuberance from a nerve cell that connects it to the next cell in the circuit.
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Variants of the circle vowels have dots in the middle of the circle, or a protuberance in from the circle.
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He played a bruising position and figured that the occasional unnatural protuberance was simply part of the lineman's physical attire.
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- Bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
- The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"
- (protuberant) bellied: curving outward
- A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes
- (Protuberant) Something bulging out or higher than the surrounding surface. In equine dentistry, it is usually a high area of an erupting tooth.
- Latin protubero = I bulge out; hence, a bulging bony feature (see tuber).
- A non-cellular formation arising from a flat surface; a bulge or bump.
- A knob-like outgrowth from a crustose thallus; a projection
