protrusion (noun)
121jut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. protrude, project, beetle, stand out, overhang. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. extend, bulge, stick out; see project 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. project, protrude, stick out,… …
122knob — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knot, lump, node, protuberance, boss; handle; hill. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A projection] Syn. lump, bump, protuberance, boss; see bulge . 2. [A handle] Syn. doorknob, latch, control;… …
123knot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snarl, tangle; puzzle, problem; cluster, group; lump, node. v. tangle, snarl; tie, bind, fasten. See difficulty, crossing, density, connection, assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An arrangement of… …
124spine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. backbone; ridge, arête; thorn, prickle, spike, spiculum, quill, barb. See sharpness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A spikelike protrusion] Syn. thorn, prick, spike, barb, thornlet, spinula, quill, ray,… …
125swell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. expand, dilate, bulge, protrude; billow; increase, grow, surge. See water, feeling, pride. n. swelling, increase; billow, wave, groundswell, sea, roller; rise, slope, knoll. See convexity,… …
126exophthalmos — [ˌɛksɒf θalmɒs] noun Medicine abnormal protrusion of the eyeball or eyeballs. Derivatives exophthalmic adjective Origin C17: from mod. L. exophthalmus, from Gk exophthalmos having prominent eyes …
127hiatus hernia — (also hiatal hernia) noun Medicine the protrusion of an organ (usually the stomach) through the oesophageal opening in the diaphragm …
128proptosis — [prɒp təʊsɪs] noun Medicine protrusion or displacement of an eye or other body participle Origin C17: via late L. from Gk proptōsis, from pro before + piptein to fall …
