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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
pro·tru·sion       [proh-troo-zhuhn, pruh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act of protruding or the state of being protruded.
2.something that protrudes or projects.
[Origin: 1640–50; < L prōtrūs(us) (ptp. of prōtrūdere to protrude) + -ion]

—Synonyms 2. jut, projection, bulge, protuberance.
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pro·tru·sion       (prō-trōō'zhən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The act of protruding.
    2. The state of being protruded.
  2. Something that protrudes.


[Latin prōtrūsus, past participle of prōtrūdere, to protrude; see protrude + -ion.]

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protrusion

noun
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" 
2. the act of projecting out from something 

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

protrusion pro·tru·sion (prō-tr&oomacr;'zhən)
n.

  1. The act of protruding.
  2. The state of being protruded.
  3. A position of the mandible forward from centric relation.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Protrusion

Pro*tru"sion\, n. 1. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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