protuberance

英 [prəˈtjuːbərəns]

美 [proʊˈtuːbərəns]

n.  突出物; 隆起部分

复数：protuberances　

GRE医学

BNC.33947 / COCA.32583

牛津词典

noun

• 突出物；隆起部分
  a round part that sticks out from a surface

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 鼓起的部分；隆起的部分
  Aprotuberanceis a rounded part that sticks out from the surface of something.
  1. ...a protuberance on the upper jawbone.
     下颌骨上部的隆起部分

英英释义

noun

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  1. the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
  2. the hump of a camel
  3. he stood on the rocky prominence
  4. the occipital protuberance was well developed
  5. the bony excrescence between its horns
  Synonym:bulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessjutprominenceprotrusionextrusionexcrescence
• the condition of being protuberant
  1. the protuberance of his belly

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