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Definition of Protrusion
1. Noun. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. "The bony excrescence between its horns"
Specialized synonyms: Frontal Eminence, Occipital Protuberance, Belly, Caput, Mogul, Nub, Nubble, Snag, Wart
Generic synonyms: Projection
Derivative terms: Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulge, Bulgy, Excrescent, Gibbous, Gibbous, Hump, Protrude, Protrude, Protuberant, Protuberate
2. Noun. The act of projecting out from something.
Generic synonyms: Change Of Shape
Derivative terms: Jut, Project, Protrude
Definition of Protrusion
1. n. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.
Definition of Protrusion
1. Noun. The act of protruding. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being protruded. ¹
3. Noun. Anything that protrudes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protrusion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protrusion
Literary usage of Protrusion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Lawrence (1854)
"Protrusion OF THE GLOBE FROM CHANGES IN THE CONTENTS OF THE ORBIT, ... CASE I.
Partial protrusion of the left eyeball, after erysipelas of the face ..."
2. What to observe at the bed-side and after death in medical cases by London Medical Society of Observation (1859)
"Palpation of protrusion;—soft, elastic, fluctuating; character of contents,
intestines, omentum, etc.; — form, size, and situation of uterus. ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"A.tsor., 1907, xlix, 2151) reports two cases of protrusion of the uterus in
nulliparous women and endorses the statements of other observers that heavy ..."
4. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"Exophthalmos, or protrusion of the eye from the orbit, ... There seems reason to
believe that in such cases the cause of protrusion is without the ocular ..."
5. Transactions of the American Pediatric Society by American Pediatric Society (1906)
"Some weeks later, a slight protrusion of the left eyeball appeared, associated with
... Ten days later, a sudden protrusion of the right eyeball occurred, ..."
6. Homœopathic Domestic Medicine by Joseph Laurie (1846)
"dornen, and protrusion of the lower intestine, accompanied with acute pain. ...
Protrusion OF THE INTESTINE. Prolapsus Ani. By this term is understood the ..."
7. Practical Gynecology: A Comprehensive Text-book for Students and Physicians by Edward Emmet Montgomery (1903)
"The patient considers every protrusion from the vulva to be a prolapsus or falling
of the womb. The diagnosis would seem self-evident, but it must be ..."
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