Definition of protrusion

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Protrusion (n.) The state of being protruded, or thrust forward..

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Salience :: Salience (n.) The quality or state of projecting, or being projected; projection; protrusion..
Staphylomatous :: Staphyloma (n.) A protrusion of any part of the globe of the eye; as, a staphyloma of the cornea..
Protrusion :: Protrusion (n.) The state of being protruded, or thrust forward..
Protrusion :: Protrusion (n.) The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit..
Exophthalmia :: Exophthalmia (n.) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease..
Mucocele :: Mucocele (n.) An enlargement or protrusion of the mucous membrane of the lachrymal passages, or dropsy of the lachrymal sac, dependent upon catarrhal inflammation of the latter..
Truss :: Truss (n.) A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes..
Hernia :: Hernia (n.) A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidental opening in the walls of the latter; as, hernia of the brain, of the lung, or of the bowels. Hernia of the abdominal viscera in most common. Called also rupture..
Pout :: Pout (n.) A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness.
Budding :: Budding (n.) A process of asexual reproduction, in which a new organism or cell is formed by a protrusion of a portion of the animal or vegetable organism, the bud thus formed sometimes remaining attached to the parent stalk or cell, at other times becoming free; gemmation. See Hydroidea..
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