protrusion (noun)
21frontal eminence — noun either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit • Hypernyms: ↑bulge, ↑bump, ↑hump, ↑swelling, ↑gibbosity, ↑gibbousness, ↑jut, ↑prominence, ↑protuberance, ↑ …
22hiatus hernia — noun hernia resulting from the protrusion of part of the stomach through the diaphragm • Syn: ↑hiatal hernia, ↑diaphragmatic hernia • Hypernyms: ↑hernia, ↑herniation * * * hiˌatus ˈhernia 7 [hiatus hernia] …
23occipital protuberance — noun prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone • Hypernyms: ↑bulge, ↑bump, ↑hump, ↑swelling, ↑gibbosity, ↑gibbousness, ↑jut, ↑prominence, ↑protuberance, ↑ …
24umbilical hernia — noun protrusion of the intestine and omentum through a hernia in the abdominal wall near the navel; usually self correcting after birth • Syn: ↑omphalocele • Hypernyms: ↑hernia, ↑herniation * * * noun : a hernia of abdominal viscera at the… …
25urethrocele — noun prolapse of the urethra into the vagina • Hypernyms: ↑prolapse, ↑prolapsus, ↑descensus * * * yəˈrēthrəˌsēl noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary urethr + cele …
26bunion — noun Etymology: probably alteration of bunny swelling Date: circa 1718 an inflamed swelling of the small fluid filled sac on the first joint of the big toe accompanied by enlargement and protrusion of the joint …
27foraminifer — noun Date: circa 1842 any of an order (Foraminifera) of large chiefly marine rhizopod protozoans usually having calcareous shells that often are perforated with minute holes for protrusion of slender pseudopodia and form the bulk of chalk and… …
28Graves' disease — noun Etymology: Robert J. Graves died 1853 Irish physician Date: 1868 a common form of hyperthyroidism characterized by goiter and often a slight protrusion of the eyeballs …
29hernia — noun (plural nias or herniae) Etymology: Latin more at yarn Date: 14th century a protrusion of an organ or part (as the intestine) through connective tissue or through a wall of the cavity (as of the abdomen) in which it is normally enclosed… …
30hiatal hernia — noun Date: circa 1944 protrusion of part of the stomach upward into the chest cavity through the passage in the diaphragm for the esophagus usually with movement of the opening of the esophagus into the stomach to a position above the diaphragm… …
