Protrusion - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prəʊˈtruːʒn|  American pronunciation of the word protrusion
Brit.  |prəˈtruːʒn|  British pronunciation of the word protrusion

noun

- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (syn: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, hump, jut, prominence, protuberance, swelling)
- the act of projecting out from something (syn: jut, projection)

Extra examples

The pain was caused by a protrusion of a disc in his lower back.

Word forms

noun
singular: protrusion
plural: protrusions
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