protrusion

English

Etymology

From French protrusion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːʒən

Noun

protrusion (countable and uncountable, plural protrusions)

  1. (uncountable) The act of protruding.
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 235:
      The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being protruded.
    A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx.
  3. (countable) Anything that protrudes.
    Synonym: protuberance

Antonyms

Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *trewd- (0 c, 27 e)

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See also

French

Pronunciation

Noun

protrusion f (plural protrusions)

  1. (medicine) protrusion

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