Associations to the word «Protrusion»

Wiktionary

PROTRUSION, noun. (uncountable) The act of protruding.
PROTRUSION, noun. (uncountable) The state of being protruded.
PROTRUSION, noun. (countable) Anything that protrudes.

Dictionary definition

PROTRUSION, noun. 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".
PROTRUSION, noun. The act of projecting out from something.

Wise words

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